A lovely day in the Pacific Northwest...

I am almost ashamed to be so happy about our weather today, when it looks like most of the

country (including my parents in Ohio) will be facing what looks like a heck of a winter

storm.  But here in Western Washington, we are to be blessed with a week of clear, sunny

skies.  After last weeks rain, its nice to see Mr. Sun.  We don't often see his cheery face

around here in the winter.  While out running errands today, I had to stop and take a few

pictures to show what a sunny, winter day looks like in Washington.

This is a picture of downtown Seattle with the Olympic Mountains (across Puget Sound)

in the background. 

These silly looking things are the snags left when the city of Sammamish cut the trees down.  I

guess the original idea was to turn them into Totem Poles, but the cost was prohibitive.  So

for the winter, the city had the snags covered in sweaters.  They look silly enough in the

pictures, but up close they look even sillier.  I have to say this is the first time I've ever

seen a tree wearing a sweater.  At least they all coordinate.