Summer Scene

 

sunset over Lava Lake in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon
Sunset sky and clouds over Lava Lake and South Sister; Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.

One of the reasons I love the Pacific Northwest:  summer, midweek, sunset, sitting on the shore of a Cascade Lake. Osprey cruising, chee-ewping, suddenly diving. The last diehard fishermen quietly dipping their oars, hoping for that last strike of the day but not really giving a damn if it doesn’t happen because it’s so darn beautiful just being here. Peace, serenity, lots of soft noises but at the same time a calming quietness. Billowing thunderhead clouds on the west horizon, wispy, golden clouds to the south. Water smoothing to a glassy mirror as the breeze dies, reflecting sky above and dense green forest of pines and firs all around. It doesn’t get much better than this.