Seattle gets 300 (more or less) gloomy days a year. The dark mood becomes more apparent in January and February. The sun rises around 7:30 am but it looks more like the middle of the night outside. Sunset is around 4:30 pm but you wouldn’t know it since the sun is covered by clouds. You go to work before the sun goes up and go home long after the sun has set. Vitamin D deficiency is a thing doctors check when you live in Seattle.

Three weeks ago I got back from Manila where it is always sunny. It wasn’t easy getting over jet lag when days would go by not seeing the sun and the non-stop rain. The rain and cloudy weather linger. I would sometimes look at the skies and try to imagine the Manila sunshine in place of the Seattle clouds.

I needed something creative to do in the midst of the clouds, rain and freezing temperatures. Rain Likely is my little bit of sunshine in the dead of winter, my small dose of vitamin D. Instead of dreading another gloomy day, I looked forward to being outside to find something interesting to photograph. On days we got a little bit of sun, I made sure to look at the blue skies knowing there will be days without it.

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