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.

The Mountain Ash Tree and the Ceramicists of Rishtan

I stopped by the Viewoint just briefly today. Again, it was sunny there but overcast and windy on the bay. I thought I'd go again, a little later, to take some photos, but then it began raining in torrents. That doesn't always stop me, but today I'm not in the mood to get wet. I'll stay in until it clears up--if it clears up--and finish my Klatch drawing, which I didn't quite get done earlier today. Since morning I've been thinking about the ceramicists of Rishtan who were here this summer and their magnificent blue and turquoise pottery. Looking out the window, I see a gray house, which would almost match the sky in color, if the sky were a little darker or the house a little lighter. There's a tall mountain ash tree in the front yard of the house. The tree is laden with orange-red berries. When it's not so wet, the birds flock to it in great number.