Super soaker day

Sewing Machine with Umbrellas

Salvador Dali

1941

This is considered one of Dali's masterpieces: sewing machines with umbrellas casting terrifying shadows in a surrealistic landscape, with fashion models stepping out from the columns.

Your guess is as good as mine. I Googled "meaning of painting," and even the art critics won't go there.

See that blue blob headed toward us? The big news here is rain, if you can call rain in Seattle "news." 

"It is the rain that makes us melancholy-- 

that, and the localities we inhabit." 

I've been saving that quote for a day like today, but unfortunately forgot to note who actually said it.  Speaking of happy climates and localities, the Santa Barbara area is surely the loveliest place in southern California.  Now huge fires, followed by catastrophic mudslides! The pictures are just heartbreaking.