A week's harvest ... Keefer Lake

'We are family ... '

This Merganzer Mom apparently adopted another's brood ... probably some tragic circumstance ... an encounter with an eagle or a fisher? She is doing a stellar job of raising 22 ducklings.

June and July in and around Keefer Lake

'Rosa's Garden of Earthly Delights'

'24 and more'

'Ice Free on May 14th'

Sunset at Keefer Lake, May 5, 2019

The ice on the lake is finally melting although 90% of the surface area is still ice - it's only open along the shoreline. There is an illusion of much more open water than we really have in these photos due to the properties of shooting a wide-angle lens that is only inches above the water. The ice edge appears to be much farther away than it really is (about 1 meter).