I’ll be honest: my favorite photos are always the ones I take in the Northwest. It’s something about the light. The cloud cover and northern-ness of Seattle and Portland lend themselves to dreamy, sincere photographs. I love that light for portraits (as my last Northwest portrait clients know well, ’cause I wouldn’t stop talking about it). I also love it for nature-ey photos.

I’d been planning to make a new computer wallpaper to share here with a new photo — one of the ones I’ve taken here in New York in the last two months. But I’ve simply given up. This photo, from my last Seattle visit in December, seemed perfect for the quote.

Until I get around to taking some New York photos that I like a lot, please enjoy this new wallpaper, which you can download in its full size here.

You know, I really do believe in kindness.