solitude can be a blessed retreat, and that is what i found today at a small impound lake i'd never visited before-and it's only 12 minutes away! for shame!!
for a while, i was the only human around. there were scores of geese, some ducks, and a few birds of other varieties i'm not sure of, lots of butterflies, bees, and dragonflies, and also huge fish that kept jumping out of the water. probably the coolest thing i saw was an osprey...i actually got to watch it swoop down and catch some lunch out of the lake. that was pretty cool, because the bird was under water for at least 3 seconds.
a bit later, a couple of guys took a small boat out and started fishing. the lake is in a basin, and i could totally hear every word they were saying, even when they were on the opposite shore, which was probably about 250 yards away. they were pretty amazed by the osprey, too. :)
some random photos from the day:
i was really digging the clouds today, in case you couldn't tell. ;)
this is what makes me smile:
probably one of the coolest photos i've ever taken. :)
(outside at home, i spotted a rogue firefly...caught it, and took it's picture.)
