From Rain to Shine

Today has gone from rain to shine. In the morning it was nothing but showers outside, but when I stopped by the Viewpoint a few minutes ago, it was drenched in sunlight. I noticed about five or six little red clumps around the UW ceramics studio. (I can never remember its official name!) These must be maples of some kind. Within the park below the Viewpoint, most of the maples are Bigleaf Maples. The area was once covered by a heavy stand of conifers, but these were logged off around the turn of the century, if I remember correctly what I've read.