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Autumn at Silver Lake

looking across silver lake in autumn
Had some fun taking photos at Silver Lake one afternoon while Meghan performed a very low-key wedding on the dock

Otters!

We’ve acquired a new resident in our local lake.

I didn’t know that river otters are native to our area, but they are. They were hunted for fur and became rare – but not extinct.  Now they’re coming back.

Winter seems like an odd time to move in.  The lake is busy freezing over.

Ah well, I welcome our strange new neighbor anyway.

Silver Lake in Autumn

clouds over silver lake
The reflections of color caught my eye, but I really liked how the sky was split by clouds.

Walk-About on a Foggy Christmas Night

Playscape and trees at the shore of Silver Lake, backlit by a street lamp, on a foggy night
I thought the street lamp was a nuisance, casting too much glow on everything else, until I realized that it was backlighting the playscape and trees in a peculiar, almost spooky way
Playscape and trees at the shore of Silver Lake, backlit by a street lamp, on a foggy night
After playing with the light levels of the raw photo, I got a much more dramatic image.

Sunset 3

Sunset over Silver LakeSunsets are coming earlier now…

Sunset 2

Sunset over Silver LakeDifferent day, different location on Silver Lake, same beautiful colors.  Plus bonus swan family.

Nature Is Metal

Driving home, down by the lake, we spotted a bald eagle at the water’s edge of the beach, with… something.  We thought it was a fish.

Pull into the parking lot to snap a picture.  Before we could get a camera on the bird, she took off with her lunch in her talons.

Her lunch was a seagull.

We’re not that far from the sea, seagulls like to come hang out on the lake during the winter for some reason.  There were hundreds yesterday, while Megh and I sat and watched them during our lunch.

There were none today.

Sunset over Silver Lake

Sunset over Silver Lake