Northwest Hoops

Upon arriving in the northwest, I was struck immediately by the canopied outdoor basketball courts. Of course they're covered, it rains here all the damn time. Little known fact: rain is actually Washington's state bird. Its also the state marine mammal and amphibian. Steelhead trout is the state fish.
Another thing about Washington, although its cloudy and subdued a great deal of the time, there are these really sublime glimpses of light, when the clouds thin and diffuse the sun. Its subtle in this picture, not sublime, but you can see how soft the light is and how open the shadows are.