Friday, January 20, 2006

Raindrops

The rainy season has come to Tacoma with record-breaking downpours. The county is contending with flooding river banks. Same old, same old for our beloved Puget Sound region.

Gray skies don't invite you to pull on your walking boots, but rainy days do offer clean cold air and unusual photo opportunities. For example, the days are dark enough that the lights come on early in Tacoma's port, providing a festive backdrop for this curious robin.

I want to wish a very Happy New Year to my faithful readers. Here's my progress to date, a cumulative total of a little over 90 miles along Tacoma's streets: