i'm going to miss our lake if/when we move. it's not a very social lake, but it's nice. it's not the kind of lake you bathe in or drive around with boats on. it's the kind you just look at. it might be ok with a calm and quiet midnight swim, and i guess it would be ok to row across it to go to the barn dance occasionaly. but i think screams or shouts or laughter or motor boats or even fishing would offend it.

it's started to look very autumnish lately. i don't know how it does it, as it's just water, but somehow it can change looks very dramatically. today it's very dark, with upset-looking waves moving randomly across it. the mountains around it look as if they're made of smoke in different shades of blue and grey, and even though the sun is shining and the wind is mild it's a very autumnish feeling over it all.  ¶ 6:56 PM