Often the low spot of my day is being stuck in
traffic trying to get across the Montlake Bridge
and onto 520 West to get to work downtown. It is
particularly maddening because the major hangup is
the traffic backed up onto Montlake Boulevard in
the backup getting onto 520 E heading off to "the
Eastside". I have no right to gripe but this
particular bottleneck just gets to me sometimes.
SOOOOO what a treat today as just as I hit the
Montlake Bridge a brilliant flash of red, yellow,
and black flew right in front of me and dove into
some foliage to the East. Forgot all about the
traffic and just enjoyed one of nature's best
gifts - a resplendent male tanager in full glory.
Just one of the reasons we love birds. Just like
remembering to stop to smell the roses, appreciate
the beauty around us.