Rainbows | Catherine Lee

Finally the rain has stopped, and yippee, today’s been bright and sunny ~ YES! It started with an early morning rainbow over Sanzhi ~ I love rainbows. I’m sure that’s my house at the end of the rainbow, but sadly there was no pot of gold waiting when I got home ha ha!

And then this afternoon, the whole world was out and about, mostly at the beach – or in the car driving to and from the beach. You gotta have a lot of stamina to live in such a small country with so many people who all go out at the same time on the same roads!

This was Shimen Arch this afternoon, a natural stone arch right up near the northern tip of Taiwan, and Shimen Town…..

Y’know living in a major tourist area is fun ~ ‘n it only takes me 5 minutes on the bus to get there and back ~ whereas the poor people on their way back to Taipei tonight will take 2 or more hours. Ah yes, I love Taiwan’s Northern Coast!

Kendal, Cumbria is a beautiful town on a sunny day! Happened to be there today, down by the parish church, and along the river where there were tons of seagulls getting fed….

Then for the last 20 minutes I raced up to Kendal Castle and back – it took 7 minutes to run around the top of the castle and in and out of every ruin – and then back down to the town to get to the car before the parking ran out!

Never been to the castle before, it’s best-known for being the ancient home of the Parr family, the most famous of which was Catherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s 6 wives, 3 of whom were called Catherine – only glad I wasn’t one of them. Catherine Parr was the only 1 of the 6 to outlive her husband, and Henry VIII was already her 3rd husband ~ and after his death she went on to marry a 4th husband, who ended up outliving her. Just a bit complicated!