In honor of our blissfully surprising row of October sunny days, I give you an equally surprising one from a February

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Maybe I'd been downtown to browse/shop at Powell's Books which is only a few blocks east of this street, NW 13th Avenue. February 7, 2009, a Saturday. I took this photo at 3:46 p.m. and am amazed to see a shadow, to see a dry street and a dry sidewalk. Here's a bit about Portland's weather averages in February. The median cloud cover is 96% overcast and does not vary much during the month. The average probability that some form of precipitation will be measured on any given day in February is 66% and does not vary much during the month. Most common forms of precipitation are light rain and moderate rain. Easy to understand my surprise at finding a sunny February day.

Seen on the streets of Portland, No. 3

She walks and talks, heading north on NW 13th Avenue, towards NW Couch Street. Many of the streets of Portland slant, as you've seen in Monday and Tuesday's posts--this one slants slightly, others slant steeply.

I like her shadow on that part of the elevator door, down near the sidewalk.

I took this photo around 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, after my fruitless pecan pie search in Whole Foods. I made my way south to Burnside and caught a TriMet 20 home.