Friday Random

Random cell phone photos.

Blossoms so thick that when they fall it looks like it has snowed on the cars parked underneath. (Location: up the street from Villa Sophia, Seattle)

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Patience, attention, and territory:
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The end of monkey the second:
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Letting nature draw a silhouette
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