Grey Street

We live in Seattle. We have for the better part of 5 and 1/2 years. So the fact that Winters are long and grey here is not news to us. But for whatever reason, maybe the fact that we got a ton of snow a few weeks ago, this winter is seeming even more grey than usual. Example:

When we went out to the car this morning at 7:15 to go to work and it was still kinda dark out, I looked up at the sky and said “Oh my gosh! Look at the sky!”
Z:“What?”
D: “There are no clouds! It’s clear!”
Z: “No it’s not.”
D: “Yes it is! Look at the moon!”
Z: (after looking at the moon) “Holy crap! It is!”
D: “It’s been so long you’ve forgotten what it looks like, haven’t you?!”



Now at the time, we laughed. It's still funny. But it's also sad, cuz it really is true. The clouds don't have any definition that show where the breaks of sky are and where the clouds start. It's just a solidly grey sky, all the time. But this morning, there were no clouds! We could see Mount Rainier as we drove down I-5! And as the sun came up, it stayed that way!



For about an hour.



And ever since, this has been the view from outside my office window:

Granted, this was taken with my phone. Through a window. So the quality is bound to be bad. But honestly, it's a pretty accurate representation of what it looks like.

My Seattle Winter mantra: Remember the summer. Hold on for the summer.