Salvation

A few times every January and February the skies clear, the nights get bitterly cold (or as close to it as we're comfortable with here in the weather-wussified Northwest), and mountains you forget are off in the distance become incredibly crisp, sharp backdrops that pop out around unexpected corners all over the city, looking so incredible that you'd almost think they were newly painted backdrops instead of snow-coated granite behemoths many miles in the distance. It's a good reminder of why we live in this rain-soaked and overcast city. All four of these shots were taken yesterday (Jan 21, 2008) and all have much larger pop-up images available.

That's MOUNTAIN, with a capital 'M'. (Kerry Park, Queen Anne)