It may seem odd to write about snow in the winter time, especially in the mountainous state of Washington; but, surprisingly, in Seattle, along temperate Puget Sound, snow shows up only every 5 years or so. Mostly, our snow comes as rain. The real stuff coats the Cascade and Olympic mountains. Then, every so often we wake up to a surprise.
This view normally shows downtown Seattle framed dramatically by Mt. Rainier; but today the Space Needle at the Seattle Center barely shows up, with the downtown skyscrapers ghosted in as a background.
We have a popular ‘overlook’ walkway around this part of Queen Anne hill; and the occasional person was out enjoying it.
The various ‘hillclimbs’ that run perpendicular to the overlook didn’t draw much traffic though – the footing was tricky.
The local shrubs took the snow in stride;
but the Japanese cherry trees were less certain.
Luckily for the Junkos, though, the bird lady was on the job with extra seeds.
As for the rest of us, we celebrated that the local Bakery and Coffee Shop were open.
Happy New Year !
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