There was a special alignment in the evening sky above Green Lake. Here’s the Sunday evening view of (left to right) the crescent Moon, Venus, and Mercury above Phinney Ridge from the east shore of the lake.  

Here’s a look at the Moon slightly more than half illuminated as it descended through the clouds on the Western horizon this morning. Just in case you haven’t heard, there’s a total Lunar eclipse coming up on Wednesday morning, January 31st. It’s the first total lunar eclipse in our part of the world since September […]

A sunrise fitting for a king this morning. SaveSave SaveSave

As 2017 comes to a close, we can look back at the year as another with plenty of extremes for the record books. Here’s a little look back at a year that featured a little of everything … lengthy periods of wet weather, a record long dry stretch, wildfire smoke from numerous places, a little […]

If it weren’t for the low sun angle and chill in the air, you might be wondering if it’s really December. We’re now on day 4 of a dry spell that could extend to 10 days. If the dry spell lasts that long, it’s exceptional. A dry streak of 10 days or more in December […]

With Seattle on the verge of its warmest November morning in the past 120 years, there was quite the foggy mood on the lake on Thanksgiving Eve morning as warm air settled over the colder lake water. Happy Thanksgiving Greenlakers!  

There’s a little window of time each year that I can take in the magic of a Green Lake sunrise on the way home from work. And, oh my, did it deliver today.