Vote Early and Boat Often

Wow, what a nail-biter of an afternoon and evening. First, we went to our voting place and saw some cute signs created by some elementary school students.

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Then, we hightailed it home and I quickly got out onto the pond for my last pond prowl of the season. As expected, there were very few leaves left on most of the deciduous trees, so many of which are maple trees lining the shore.

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Neighbor Carla came along for the ride, and we headed for the north cove in hopes of seeing more beaver activity, but the pond was extremely quiet. We did see quite a bit of golden color on the dying leaves of larch trees (unusual conifers that lose their leaves in autumn.)

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The sun was getting low in the sky and we were pleasantly surprised to still see a bit of color from beech trees and mighty oaks that still retained their leaves. As you can see, some trees are already producing their leaf buds for springtime. The pond is so pretty, even without the color of the maples.

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And, I leave you with a beautiful photo of the area around our dock. We have a huge number of oak trees in this area. This is the last view I will have of the eastern shore of the pond, until ice-in when we can again walk on the pond this winter.