Surprise in the sky

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Few days ago, I woke from an afternoon siesta. I yawned and stretched and thought to myself, "that was a nice nap". It was thanks to the sound of the falling rain that had lulled me to sleep. I stepped out into the balcony to get a glimpse of the rain-washed outside. I wanted to see the glossy roads, the dripping tiled roofs, the clean trees, a clear sky, perhaps with a few puffs of clouds hear and there.

But i was in for a delightful surprise! For this is what I saw.


Comments

mathew said…
great shot...i was lucky to see one recently here as well.
1 September 2009 at 15:39
Chinchu said…
There should be a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow ;)
2 September 2009 at 02:35
meraj said…
another interpretation of the same rainbow :)

http://tangled-up-in-views.blogspot.com/2009/08/color-of-joy.html
2 September 2009 at 10:26
Brown Weed said…
and i woke up lousy after another fevered night, read your post in the morning. it's raining in bombay too. the pic alone can make one happy.
2 September 2009 at 10:44
Pooja Nair said…
Thanks mathew

Chinchi c, i know! exactly what meraj and i thought when we saw this :)


Meraj, more like a different flow of thoughts. the underlying interpretation is the same..


Mr. B, alwasy a pleasure to see you happy!
3 September 2009 at 16:25
Bhaskar Khaund said…
Now where have i seen this one before....ah ! in Tangled :-) Very nice pic
5 September 2009 at 21:59
Just Words said…
A rare site , its strange how nature has its own way of turning a monotones day into something as beautiful as this ,btw u live in a great place ...so much greenery around .. I miss them :-(
8 September 2009 at 02:13
Pooja Nair said…
BK,

seeing a comment from you gives me the same kind of joy as seeing a rainbow! :)

Just Words,

Yes... alas it's a temperory home...but i will cherish the years spent here for ever! :)
8 September 2009 at 16:58
Thomas Viruvelil said…
Nature always have many beautiful sights to show us-rainbow,trees,flowers,rivers,lakes.But we rarely notice these pleasant surprises of the earth.We spend time worrying about something knowing very well that it will only increase our worries
10 September 2009 at 19:16
Bhaskar Khaund said…
Pooja - seeing such blog posts gives me the same kind of joy as seeing a rainbow and seeing such replies to my comment is like also seeing a pot at the end of it :-)
12 September 2009 at 22:05
Anonymous said…
Hey..you just got tagged!
http://lilmorethanamommy.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/honestly-speaking/
13 September 2009 at 09:26
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