It really does warm your heart (and body) to have beautiful sunny days this time of year—it reminds you that summer is on it’s way! But even on gloomy days with the rain, we have lots of new plants budding, so that’s always good too.

..turned out to be a very nice walk, and while a lot of the scenery is just waiting to explode into spring, it definitely isn’t there yet.
One of the bits of scenery which was vibrant and excited were some new ducks (Hooded Mergansers) in the water, and this fellow and his mate were just hanging out in the sun.

By the end of the walk however, even the clouds decided to be picturesque and I was able to see this from the grandstands:

We got a little bit of sun over the weekend, and though it was cold, a good long walk was really good!
We caught the sun as it was peeking out over Greenlake:

and there was a flock of ducks that was moving about 40 yards away in shifts—one bunch would fly overhead and then half a minute later, another bunch would fly over. It was really fun because all the ducks as they flew were squeaking like little dog toys, something which didn’t come through in the pictures..

We got a lot more snow yesterday and today!
We have over 6-inches of snow; in Seattle!
It is quite silly out, and a good opportunity for nifty photos.

Hope everyone’s keeping warm!

The sun peeked out today!
Yaaaaaaay!
Though there were lots of clouds around, it was a nice break from the rain!