I commuted into work today. Uneventful. In fact, I was only long because I shot a lot of photos. Hwy 99 was a ghost town. Roses still had a healthy coating of ice. Totem poles stood watch over the sunrise and skyline ensuring everything continued as it should.

Now, it rains. A lot. Hopefully folks who had a ton of snow and ice won’t suffer from flooding or additional power outages. Who knew snowpacalypse would actually stick around for a while?

Spun and I love shooting shadow shots. Tonight, after a Guinness run to Safeway, the parking lot had absolutely mesmerizing shadows with vibrantly saturated colors. It really was difficult to orient ourselves for a second. The soft blue of the ambient light was juxtaposed against the sulphur based street lights creating a tension on the white snow unlike anything we’d experienced before. Truly a unique shadow shot.

Day two of working from home. Last night, and even still right now, we’ve been hit by a bunch of sleet. It’s pretty cool actually. The top of the snow that we had is now a sheet of ice, so walking on it is kind of like a big crème brûlée … just without the great vanilla bean deliciousness inside and sugar overload on top.

Out back, we have a chain link fence, keeping blackberry bushes at bay. The fence received a gorgeous dusting of snow, creating cool fills in the base of each diamond. Coupled with the 1/8th of an inch of ice coating leaves, thorns, everything and we’ve got some gorgeous argyle leafsicles.

Today is our nearly annual Seattle Snow-pocalypse. Everything is shut down because, well, we’re not good in the snow. People like to drive busses off ledges, play pinball with their car down steep car lined streets, and cancel school because it “smells like snow.”

We are not a hearty stock. You know what? I’m ok with that. When you have a job that affords you the opportunity to eat chorizo and eggs that your beautiful wife prepares, sit at the table with kittehs snuggled around and kick out tons of good work in front of your glowing computer … why would you want to spend three hours out in the cold with a ton of yahoos who have no idea how to drive in the snow?

Now to find those mini marshmallows…

For now, it’s 29ºF but feels like 17º with ~20 winds. Not quite the summer vacation or island hopping most people do in February, but we’re not your run of the mill Seattlites either. I will say that the massive winds (topped out around 60 mph gusts last night) made for some gorgeous drifts along the beaches and in the sculpture park at the edge of the Roche Harbor Resort. Also, given that I think we’re one of two or three guests staying out here this week on the ENTIRE resort, everything is unscathed. A vast tundra of uncharted white, blown about by salty fresh air. When there’s a lull, it’s truly silent. No traffic, no horns, no dogs barking or planes flying overhead … just loons, seagulls and bald eagles . The audio pollution matches the light pollution as well. Last night we could see countless stars. This truly is a NW sanctuary.

So as I warm up by the gas fireplace I’ll try to sock away these frosty memories for when I’m back in the fluorescent glow of the office, surrounded by the hum of technology and city life. Serenity now.