Driving across Lake Washington towards Mercer Island on I90 in Seattle, there is beautiful Mt. Rainier to the south. Which version is better?

Soft sunset light on Mt. Rainier, seen from Seattle

Soft sunset light on Mt. Rainier, seen from Seattle with more rectangular crop

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There was a break in the clouds yesterday and look what was in the sky!

Arc of double rainbow against a clearing sky

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Driving to Auburn, WA to cut a live Christmas tree, the Mountain (what locals call Mt. Rainier) was out, decorated by some pretty wonderful cloud forms.

Swirly lenticular cloud near the peak of Mt. Rainier means rain is on the way

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Back to the archives, from April. My birthday, in fact. I love the big pink dogwood tree in my backyard, next to the magnolia tree not quite blooming yet.

Pink dogwood blooms in April in Seattle. Rain is coming!

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In my driveway yesterday, a visitor’s car in a sunbreak.

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Trees and sky reflected on black car in fall scene

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Browsing through the archives for June, I found this image. It does look almost wintery, but look at all those leaves on the silhouetted branches!

Dark gray clouds advance across the sky

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From the June 1 folder, peonies growing in my garden:

A swirl of peony petals and some spherical buds, in pink

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The coral bark maple at my driveway has such yellow leaves!

Coral bark Japanese maple tree leaves turns bright yellow in the fall

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Have I mentioned that it’s been raining for quite a while? Here’s a sky from the other side of the year, in May.

Sunny springtime sky with white puffy clouds

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A local parking lot after lots of rain.

Shiny parking lot with leaves and tree reflections

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