Rainbows and the pandemic




Rainbow in Yellowstone National Park

Maybe you have noticed paintings and drawings of rainbows appearing in windows in your neighbourhood ? Here in our seaside town in Wales we have certainly seen them. I think the children were encouraged to make them just before the pandemic resulted in the premature closure of the schools in Wales.

This rainbow is arched over an idyllic landscape in Wyoming but all rainbows bring cheer and pleasure to the beholder.  The rainbow has been the most recognisable sign of hope and renewal since the Bible announced it as God's promise that the world would not be flooded again. However in these times of severe and damaging flooding in many areas followed by the current lethal virus pandemic the rainbow is more a sign of resilience and some community togetherness. The Queen referred to  the appearance of the rainbows  in her recent broadcast to the nation which was a message to encourage everyone in their efforts to fight the virus even if the only  way we can do so is by staying at home. 

Now that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been struck down by the coronavirus and is in  intensive care in St. Thomas's hospital we are at a very low ebb and we need him to pull through and bring his positivity and optimism back to us, a human rainbow indeed.

A rainbow just painted by our neighbours


Since I wrote this post Boris has recovered and after three weeks is returning to number 10 and government. Today, April 27th we will see him on our screens again at the daily briefing.

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