Weaving Rainbows

 

Rainbows - the symbol of hope, for many.

I am right now weaving some colour gamps and working with such bright colours has been a bit of a tonic for me.

While I can't complain about the grey dreary skies we had last summer, instead we have swung to the other extreme.  And now we are living in the shadow of the threat of another massive summer wildfire event.  Because it isn't just in the north right now, it's all across the province as it bakes under record setting high temperatures and no rain to speak of.  And not just here, but all across the western provinces.

Yes, we get thunder storms, some of them generated by the wildfires themselves, but they don't produce much rain so instead we have a cycle of wildfire initiated by a thunder storm, which grows exponentially, generating more t-storms, which cause more wildfires, which grow exponentially, which cause more t-storms and ...round and round we go.

We are - so far - safe from the fires themselves here, but instead are living under a plume of smoke.  Again, not horrible, not as bad as it can get, but enough to cause breathing problems for folk with lung issues and allergic reactions for those of us who have that reaction to smoke.

So playing with brilliant rainbow colours has been lovely and keeps me going back to the studio, which is also a few degrees cooler than the main floor.  But even it has warmed up.

This week is apparently more of the same.  In the meantime we cast anxious glances at the sky to see if there are any rain clouds to be seen.  We stay out of the heat/sun as much as possible.  Wear masks against the smoke as well as covid.  

And hang on to hope.