Rainwater Holiday Lights

About Rainwater Holiday Lights

By December the rooflines along Salmon Creek's cul-de-sacs are already strung with lights, and this crew knows every eave and gutter line from putting them up house by house each fall. That same familiarity with the roof carries into winter's harder weeks, when a cold snap turns those same eaves into a place where ice and packed snow build up and need to come off before they cause trouble below. Ground level gets the same attention — walkways shoveled clear, porch steps de-iced, driveways scraped down to pavement so headlights don't skid on the way out in the morning. Salmon Creek in a cold spell goes quiet fast, backyards muffled white while the creek keeps running low and dark through the middle of it. There's a plain satisfaction in a porch that's safe to step onto in the dark, string lights still glowing overhead.