Hey, Republicans!

You know, I'm not exactly what you'd call the world's greatest Ronald Reagan fan. But if some of his most ardent admirers would like to honor the man's memory by writing him in in November, I'm not going to complain about it at all.

I'm just saying.

Another one that got away

I've long enjoyed looking for ice haloes and other interesting optical phenomena in the sky. Since I discovered this Web site about them a few years ago, I've gotten better at finding them. In November 2001, I saw a complex display in Virginia involving several kinds of arcs, and e-mailed the site's creator about it; his recommendation was "always carry a camera". Words to live by.

Well, samantha2074 is on the road this week and has the camera with her, and I usually don't make a habit of bringing my camera to work anyway, so this was a lost opportunity... but today, a little after noon, I saw what I think was a partial circumhorizontal arc. You don't see those very often.

However...

I did get a picture of this nice sunset rainbow on June 3:

( see the pretty rainbow )