A few minutes of sunshine

I had finished lunch today (at an indifferent Chinese restaurant) and noticed sunshine outside. So I quickly paid and went outside to find a sunny spot to stand in while it lasted. This being downtown Bellevue, the first bright spot I noticed when I got outside was a reflection off a tall building, but there was enough direct sunlight to cast nice sharp shadows. I walked over to the sidewalk, south a little, and took this photo with my phone camera:



Not a particularly great photo, but this is really not what I expected from the Pacific Northwest, three days before the winter solstice.