Snow! Snow in Seattle, especially around Christmas, is quite unusual. We do not like it, especially when it persists for over a week(!). Luckily, for me it's been inconvenient, not crippling - but if things don't get back to normal soon, I will go crazy.
I took some pictures - it is picturesque today, Christmas Eve, with snow coming down. It's coming down in the form of snowflakes, which are fabulous, and in the form of big clumps as old snow melts and falls off power lines and rooftops. It's 33 degrees at the moment, which has me hoping it will become rain at some point.
Red twig dogwood.
You can see a bit of the bright fuschia colored (formerly purple) house next to mine. In this dim light, it's not too bad. When the sun is out, it really pops.
Balsam fir in the backyard. Lovely.
Somewhere underneath all that there is a car.
And to prove that it's not just me whining about snow, it's the whole city of Seattle:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/393514_storm25.html
The headline in the dead tree version is "Desperate for drizzle".
