In the foreground, two conifers, one on the left with a leafy vine clinging to its lower half. The branches of the trees, almost in silhouette, create a frame for the full moon rising over a hill and its reflection in the water below. The sky is still fairly light, as is the water. The moon and its reflection are golden.

We took so many pictures of the brilliant full moon as it rose above the hill and cast its light across the water. My photography skills did not capture the scene’s beauty but it’s one of my favorite memories of our time in the San Juan Islands (Washington State) last month.

Image of two street signs against a backdrop cloudy skies and green trees. The far trees are conifers, the nearer tree leafy. On a plain white wooden post two signs are affixed, pointing in the same direction, to the left. The top one, a green street sign, reads: Olga Cemetery Road. The bottom, in amber yellow, reads: Dead End.

This pair of signs caused us to pause. Deliberate juxtaposition? Serendipitous?

Kayaking at sunset. The sun is still pretty high, so the sky overhead is blue with thin clouds that are just starting to turn gold on the right middle edge of the image. Beneath the blue sky jutting from the left is a rocky cliff crowned with conifers. In the center of the image is a yellow kayak, with the two of us, both resting our paddles. On the left the water is dark, almost a dark glassy green. To the right of our prow the water catches the sunlight and its rippling texture can be seen. A bright red paddle of another kayaker pokes up from the bottom edge of the image.

This is during the first half of our sunset kayaking excursion, so we’re kayaking into the setting sun, which made our eyes burn a bit! Still, it was amazing being out on the water, seeing pigeon guillemots, kingfishers, swallows, seals, sea otters, jellyfish…the weather was gorgeous, too.

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