We had a wonderful time on Sunday pampering daddy, stuffing him with all his favorite eats, and making him a comfy pillow to relax with. The boys drew on some fabric with Pentel Fabricfun Pastel Dye Sticks and I whipped it up into a pillow.
Picture 1 : Our home, reads “You are the best dad!”
Picture 2 : Daddy blowing away the racing competition with family cheering on the side-lines.
Reads: “You are the first Place Dad”.
(Daddy used to be a rally car racer)
We tried to escape the heat and drove up the mountain, but I think we went too late in the day, because it was still pretty warm. We still had a great hike and a yummy lunch in the pines.
On our way down the mountain we saw the most amazing site. A halo around the sun and a rainbow in the sky~ not your usual arched rainbow. We had never seen anything like it before.
I snapped away with my camera and when we got home we googled ‘rainbow cloud’. We think what we saw was a sun dog (sun halo) and rainbow cloud (parhelion) which are refractions of sunlight by small ice crystals in the sky. They are very rare and very cool.
Know anything else about these? Please, fill me in, I’d love to learn more. I have more pictures of this fabulous sight, you can see them HERE.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
After I saw these on flickr, I called my dad about it. He once was a weatherman in the air force and said he had never heard of this. Totally beautiful! WHat a cool thing to catch!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Breathtakingly beautiful… thanks for sharing!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am
My hubby works with the weather guys at the local TV station and they tell him these are sun dogs -caused by high elevation ice crystals. I love them.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
What a visual treat! I’ve never seen anything like it, how wonderful you were able to catch it with the camera! Thanks for sharing
June 17th, 2008 at 10:53 am
So awesome…
June 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Very cool pictures. I really love that pillow, very special for a dad. And is that a car in flames right behind his? The one with “help, help” coming out of it? Lol.
June 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
beautiful skies!
Love the cushion ideas, I did the same sort of thing with my little one but left it as a hankie!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Such a sweet pillow
And those photos are stunning! I’ve always wanted to see the great cacti!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hey there,
So glad to have ya back in Tucson:) So, we need make plans!
I LOVE THOSE PILLOWS!
Rikkianne
June 17th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Love the cusions!! Absolutly a fabulous idea!! x
June 18th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Those cushions are a great idea, and they’ve turned out beautifully!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:24 am
We have sun dogs here in the upper midwest - but usually only in the winter time. I’ve never seen them in the summer. Your father’s day pillow is so sweet.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Those are great dad’s day gifts! I’ll have to file that idea for the future! What a beautiful Arizona sky!
June 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I love the pillows!! They turned out really nice!
Sherry