The Urban Pantheist

This is how Charlie spends a lot of his days. Can't say it's wrong.

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As the ferry left Jersey, I could see the gun station where I took the picture of the fennel. See the little dark square at the top middle? Those were the cliffs we were walking along for the invasive plants walk.
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This is a picture of a rainbow that appeared as I arrived at work earlier this week.

Although I am a well-known heathen, agnostic, and blasphemer, there are parts of the Bible that I rather like. The symbolism of the rainbow I think is quite beautiful. And while looking at various translations of Genesis 9:12-17 on biblegateway.com I was happy to learn something new. I was under the impression that the rainbow was a symbol of God's agreement not to kill all humans again (by way of flood) but in more literal translations, it's clear that God agrees not to kill ALL the animals (via flood). It would be comforting if God would give a sign that
He will not kill all the animals through other means (what symbol could it be? icicles? fireflies? Aurora Borealis?) but it's nice to get confirmation that He will restrain himself from at least one method of destruction.

"This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."