The winds..good and bad

This is a view of Bream Lake from our back yard. As you can see by the spanish moss, the winds were high today. The good news about this is the very pleasant temperature it creates. There is a coolness in the air that would not be there without those breezes. The bad news is very bad: further north and west of here, brush fires are raging through rural Florida and the high winds simply encourage and push the flames even further. But that's weather for you. Always something to talk about.

Bream in the Moonlight

This is not the first time I have mentioned the moon's effect on the lake. Last night I was immediately reminded, again, of how beautiful an almost-full moon can be at the lake. The image you see here is not of the moon, but is, instead, the moon's effect on the lake. The whole lake is alight with radiamce from the lunar orb. This image is the result of a 15 second exposure, so the amount of light is exagerated, but, as you can probably surmise, it was quite bright for 9:30 PM.