ok, here's something

Hey, I went to a couple of Giants games this month. The first one was July 3, fireworks night, as you can see above. The game was fun; went with a group from my church. The fireworks would have been spectacular, but, well, there was a light shining just above our heads causing some glare, and the light stands and scoreboard obscured some of the view, as you can see.

The next game was with Aaron, and that's always fun. He was a little late getting there, so I had time to take a few pictures while I waited.

I love this group. You've got some real loyal fans here. You've your old school (Clark jersey - from '89 or so). You've got your oldsters, waving their orange pom-pons. And they're all bundled up against our San Francisco summer weather. Humm baby!

This is why I hate peanuts in the shell at the ball park. People eat the nuts, throw the shells and skins on the ground, and the wind picks them up and blows all that gunk in my face. I really hate that; it's one of the few things that sullies a good game for me. (The other two things would be loud fans spouting off disinformation at the top of their voices to anyone who will - or won't - listen, and the stranger who once fell asleep on my shoulder when I was in the box seats by the home bull pen a few years ago.)

Ah, just in time to pull me out of my rant: my date arrives. He's not going to miss a play, even while walking to his seat, loyal fan that he is.

It was a cheap-seat night, and lots of folks came out to enjoy the good deal. Such a colorful crowd. But hey, take a look at those clouds over the bay. You don't see formations like that every day 'round these parts.

That's because it doesn't rain too often round these parts. Yep, it RAINED on us. Just enough to dampen the pavement, not our spirits, no sir.
Oh, yeah, that's rain out there over the bay. But then a really cool thing happened:
A rainbow came out. Usually, you know, rainbows come out for a minute or two and then they fade, right? Well, this one had been out for ten minutes before I finally decided to take a picture of it. It was HUGE.
And it stayed. Here it is, about 15 minutes later. It's getting brighter with the setting sun, and you can see a faint double 'bow off to the left.

Now it's half an hour since it first appeared ~ half an hour!


It didn't disappear until the sun was all the way down; just got brighter and more golden and beautiful.

Oh, and the Giants? They won. Of course!