JUST AROUND THE CORNER

 

Around the corner is where I took this photo of a new bud and its trees dead leaf. Not sure if spring is around the corner though.

COVID EFFECTS

 One of COVID's lingering effects is that many downtown shops in Seattle (and elsewhere) have lost business and have had to close. Such is the case of the one above.

BEFORE THE CLOUD COVER HIT....

 Happy New Year, everyone!  May this be a much better year for us all than the last.

This of course is a shot of the Space Needle (hand-held) here in Seattle around 10 p.m. There was a spectacular light show with fireworks, music, and special effects at midnight....but any decent shots from Queen Anne Hill were next to impossible to catch given the low-lying clouds that rolled in. Mind you, other local photographers with equipment much fancier than mine and good tripods were able to capture some of the show from various vantage points.

The Needle is pink because of T-Mobile, who sponsored the event and whose color is this Pepto-Bismol pink.

LEFTOVER

 

 I came across this huge pumpkin on someone's doorstep while walking the dog last night. A Halloween leftover, albeit not turned into a jack o'lantern.

NIGHTTIME....could be daytime.

 I took this black and white photo the other night downtown.  Given the weather nowadays here, it could very well have been in color....

SWEET SIN

 

If you have to sin, it might as well be a sweet one. Finally ate a doughnut from Seattle's Top Pot Doughnuts. They were out of my favorite Pink Boa (like this sugar doughnut but topped with a layer of pink icing and white coconut), so I had to make do.

A NEW PASSION?

 

In Seattle one often complains about the rain. The wetness has an up-side though: mushroom weather. I have become very interested in fungi and have ordered a good book. I do realize that it is difficult to distinguish the edible from the edible, but I will skip the taste tests and just be happy with finding out what kinds I see. A more enlightened friend has tild me that the white one is a meadow mushroom...and is delicious.

ROSIE THE RIVETER

 

I love the new Rosie the Riveter thermos my daughter (aka Santa) got me for Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Couldn't resist asking this Whole Foods grocery store employee if I could take his photo. He was all too pleased to oblige.

ALL TUCKERED OUT

 My little dog and my daughter's dog, who have become best friends this trip.

SERENDIPITY AGAIN

 Another pearl from the "take-one, leave-one" little lending libraries stands that pop up here and there on neighborhood streets around Seattle.

Golden Book Guides were a staple of my childhood. I had Rocks and Minerals, Trees, and Reptiles and Amphibians, among others. This is a vintage one and I had to Gorilla Glue the binding, but it is basically still up-to-date.