Sunday, March 22, 2020

Rainbows Can't Be Quarantined

This is a reprint from the NY Times - I would link to it but the link starts with a number of other COVID-19 updates from yesterday:

"Even as life slowed and streets emptied, New York City retained a bit of its quirky charm.
In Brooklyn, the pandemic has prompted a heaven-sent scavenger hunt. Children home from school began hanging drawings and paintings of rainbows in windows. As word spread, an interactive “quarantine rainbow map” sprung up for walking tours.

“A lovely reminder for all of us that in a storm there is still something to look forward to,” an organizer wrote. Lovers and dreamers can expand the rainbow connection map by adding addresses here."

My daughter has just completed her contribution:




After you do it you can click on the "here" link and add your address to the spreadsheet. (I guess it takes a little while to show up. I added ours but it's not on the map yet.)

Here's another article on the project from House Beautiful.

If anyone finds a pot of gold, please share. (The virus can't survive on Leprechauns.)

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