Signs of Winter?

Last February we moved in to a condo near Lake Washington. The top left corner apartment is "Home Sweet Home." This photo was made during colder weather as evidenced by the lack of leaves on the trees.

You can see the lake from our window which is considered a plus.

During the nice spring weather we are having lately, you can see a variety of boats cruising back and forth and every sunset is different than the previous one.

The view out the back door is also pleasant.

Occasionally wild life passes by the "out in back".

On this day there were three traveling together, with the mother attentively watching. We live 44 steps above ground level and she never looked up our way.

This one kept straying away and frequently looking back like he was testing to see what he could get away with. Actually with no yard work etc. this life is pretty idyllic. Well it was until.....

May 29th we came home after dark, after a warm walk in the park to find;

The next morning after sleeping all night with the window open we went out and found,

The ground is not supposed to turn white this time of year when the leaves are on the trees unless,

you live next to a large grove of cottonwoods that shed millions of white floaty seeds. This plague apparently will last for a while as evidenced by the large puffs of white stuff growing in the tops of a hundred cottonwoods growing right outside our window.