Back to Seattle

It was so weirdly warm this morning compared to the last freezing week we had at the island, we had to go for a mid morning row on water that looked like silk.  Had a few so-so photos of Mt Rainier  (and silky water) that were the first photos I’ve imported to my brand new Lightroom catalogue  (after watching more how-to videos) and I was set to use.  Then late afternoon I thought I better go to the neighborhood deli to get something for dinner, taking a  (better) camera along out of habit, and the sky suddenly turned pink about 4:45 so a detour to the dock cross the street from our condo yielded this, complete with rowers!   What a beautiful time to be out on the water!  With this view! ( they all had lights on themselves or their boats).  How could I pass it up?   

If you look closely you should be able to pick out 9 or 10 building cranes at the south end of Lake Union, a sign of the enormous amount of construction going on now.   ( good to look at, impossible to drive through…)  Always nice to be back……

Edit: forgot to say I've put a few from our contrasting new Year's week in the Gulf Islands on flickr...