Most mornings the sky provides some entertainment during my commute down the Seward Street Stairs. Yesterday it did not. Yesterday an unremarkably grey tarp of clouds formed a boring backdrop to the channel and its mountains.

This morning white cloud fragments hung like torn fabric from the shoulder of Mt. Roberts while a dull red glow reflected on the underside of the marine layer over Admiralty Island. It was still dusk in channel from Douglas town to Marmion Island  The glow gave promise of a sun that would charge Mt. Juneau with brightness in late morning.  I hope the unseen shrimper transiting Stephens Passage will smile at the chance to ride over water sparkling in the pure winter light.