Ketchup 3

 These two (above and below) really deserve their own post. They are from the same day, morning and afternoon. Beautiful.

Ketchup 2

Pouty

Another storm last night, but no glorious morning. Or afternoon. Just a petulant, frowny, in-a-bad-mood giant body of water out there. From this afternoon.

Hanging On

I post this mainly to show how long the leaves have held on. You can see in the archives that in the last two years, trees were bare about a week earlier than this. It's been very warm this fall.

Cooling

Fall arrived for real on Tuesday, 10/26/10.

Frothy Chocolate

The awesomeness of the waves cannot be fully captured by pictures, but it sure does resemble a big frothy cup of cocoa or latte. Except noisy. Love the blue stripe on the horizon, too.

Roaring Dawn

Loud and wavy out there today. But the light was soft at 7:30am.

Can You Spot the Difference?

I really do not know why these are so different--taken seconds apart from the same location, but both are so pretty I had to post them. Note also the tree is bare. Winter, here we come!

Early morning vista

Daylight savings has temporarily foiled my plan to take sunrise photos at 7:30, but there will be some come December. In the meantime, this is a fine-looking tree with a lovely cloudy plume.

Winter? Or Fall?

It certainly looks like winter from this angle.
This is not the Lake, but it is very near and it is very golden. It needed to be seen.

Gold and Waves

The end of a long week of harsh weather and big waves. Also probably one of the last days of gold leaves before they all fall. From Friday October 23.

Unsmooth Sailing

This view is pretty, but also conveys the activity of the waves.
Look carefully for the para-sailer (para-sailor?)
You can see him a little better here. Exciting, but COLD on a day like today.

Leaving

I tried really hard to convey this in a photo, but did not succeed. Use your imagination to see all the leaves blowing down off this tree into the water.

Plaid Sky, Sun, and Trees

Here's something new. The sun is rising later now, and I had my camera with me so I took pictures on my way in to the office. Wow.

Color and power

I took these yesterday, trying to capture the power of the waves. You can't really see the waves very well, but as a bonus, I got the multi-colored leaves. Yes I took this from inside my office. I held the camera right up against the glass, to avoid the reflection from the film on the glass, so there is no playing with angles or perspective, just straight ahead shots. But the tree sure is pretty, isn't it?

Turbulent

The Lake is looking a bit like I'm feeling. Recovering from fall, recovering from flu, what's the difference, really?

In Like a Lion?

Fall came roaring into town last night, with big gusts of wind, cooler temperatures, and big waves.

Stunner Triptych

These photos were all so surreally beautiful I couldn't decide. And I don't have to. So here was the view this morning about 10am from the porch on the side of the building.

Mirror Image

So, that problem with the heat in my office? SOLVED! by affixing a mirrored plastic film to the windows. With this, we were assured, we will be saving energy and making our offices much more pleasant. If you like mirrors, it is much more pleasant. If you are trying to photograph the Lake, not so much.

So, no more photos from inside my office. Not a hardship, but this perspective with the tree is out.

It is indeed a lot cooler. It is also a LOT darker. I am considering getting some very large speakers and playing music with a loud and heavy bass line, to go with the tinted windows.

Orange leaves, orange sky

This is a day late in posting, but the picture was taken yesterday. Fall is here.