Observations from a deck chair

The Canadian Soldiers are limping around on the front deck. Their life cycle complete, the female has laid its eggs on the Lake water, to sink to the bottom. There, they morph repeatedly until they are an adolescent, rise to the surface, molt into an adult flying form and for 24 hours fly in swarms so dense these swarms have been seen on doppler radar. These Mayflies mate mid-air and then are done.

This morning I had breakfast on the front deck, successfully following the instructions of Jim Mininger making an omelet without ending up with scrambled eggs. I watched the ending of one life form as the hummingbird garnered sustainence from our feeders.
As you might have guessed, the deck on the island has a canvas topped gazebo. When the mood strikes me to meditate away from all electronic intrusions, its a nice place to be. The island deck is the place to watch the evening sunset. As the Summer Solstice has come and gone, the sun's furthest reach North has been setting over the far Little Pike Bay Point. Earth's wobble will take the sunset from over the Point to so far South, it can only viewed by going to the island deck at the Winter Solsitce. Sunsets across the water with colors and images to wonder about.