Driving into Seattle this afternoon from the north, the city and sky was bathed in beautiful sunset light.

Seattle sports arenas and harbor cranes at sunset on New Year’s Day

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Happy New Year, dear readers! May 2017 bring us all peace, joy, health and abundance.

Puffy clouds reflected on a calm Puget Sound, in Washington near Seattle

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Winter has its beauty.

The sun tries to appear in this late December sky

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The light returns! Happy Solstice to my dear readers.

The sun’s light returns at the Solstice, and we rejoice.

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I was at my brother’s house in Connecticut. He has a wonderful view of the western sky from his upper window.

Bare tree branches against a sunset sky

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Seattle is booming, and this view from the south shows some of the changes.

Waterfront shipping containers, cranes, and what will be the tunnel entrance, against a dramatic dark sky

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This tree with some yellow leaves and some still green can’t seem to make up its mind. Fall is here!

Autumn tree leaves reflected in a window

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Seattle’s viaduct is still with us, but not for very much longer after the tunnel is completed. I will miss these views.

Dramatic sky over Puget Sound, looking west from the viaduct in Seattle

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There’s a cove near me, south of Seattle, and it does sunsets very well.

Sunset’s brilliant colors reflected in the waters of Puget Sound in Washington State

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Taking a ferry boat ride home from our camping getaway, Mt. Rainier was glorious this afternoon.

Mount Rainier from the Seattle ferry

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