Sunshine in Seattle

We have an overabundance of rain and clouds in the northwest.  And too many gray and gloomy days to count.  It's a fact of life here.  But when the sun comes out, I wouldn't want to be any place else.

The view from my "office" today?  Spectacular.  To my West, the Olympic mountains loomed large, covered in a fresh white blanket of snow.  The sky above was a brilliant blue, the foothills in the foreground our very own shade of evergreen.

To the East, the Puget Sound and the sky were a perfect winter blue mirror of each other.  For some reason, some trick of the light today, the Seattle skyline was etched against the sky, bright and beautiful. (My cell phone was hardly able to capture the beauty, but was worth a try!)  The sun is so far south this time of year that the light comes in horizontally, illuminating the details of every building.  The Cascade mountains rose up behind the city to complete the splendor.

This day was a gift, given to us so we maintain some sort of sanity through the stormy, wet, winter season we are in.  A shot of much needed light to combat the gray.

Seattle splendor in the sun.