IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, at 47.6 degrees latitude, the change of the seasons means short days in December. Walking around Seattle in mid afternoon, I see alleys are already dim…
…but shop windows shine with objects to buy.
Bypassing the shops, I continue on to the waterfront.
It’s a little after 4pm on December 7th and the stark beauty of the sunset draws me to this construction site. A crane looms and seed heads of butterfly bushes, gone wild along the edge of a parking lot, bend with the wind. In the distance across Puget Sound I can see the wild, snow-topped Olympic Mountains.
The shortest day of the year is a few weeks away. Gray skies will rule for several more months, but soon the days will slowly grow longer as winter pushes towards spring.
Bloggers from around the world are sharing photos of changing seasons – in all sorts of latitudes and longitudes: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/weekly-photo-challenge-changing-seasons/
bluebrightly 
beautiful post, and such a contrast from where i live at latitude zero!!!
z
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Thank you “Z” – don’t you wish we could spirit ourselves away for a day or tow – easily I mean – and trade places once in a while?
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si.. step into a vacuum tunnel and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzip to the other side of the planet! or from snow to tropics! wonder how the body would react to that?
z
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As always, stunning photos!
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Thank you so much – Your blog is very thoughtful & honest, so I’m appreciating this comment.
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🙂
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Good shots, Lynn! I like the low point of view in the alleys.
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Thanks Stef – love a low point of view, esp. when you have the tilting screen to make it easy!
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i love this series of photos Lynn – especially the alley shots and most specifically, the second one. Really, really nice.
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Not too grim? I’m glad – thank you very much. That’s my fav too, and I do love those alleys in Seattle. In NYC I think you’d have to go back about 40 years to find alleys like that.
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Love your pictures – beautiful.
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Thank you very much – I appreciate it.
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Breathtaking. The images makes you stop whatever you are doing and just makes you think and feel the moments in each setting. Happy Holidays.
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These days, with so many images coming our way, I guess that’s hard to do -so thank you very much!
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Lots of atmosphere. I like them.
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Thank you Louis – I guess atmosphere isn’t in short supply here. It’s a moody place, weather-wise.
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Stunning shots! 😉
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Why thank you – I really appreciate that.
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