October on Lotus bay

The leaves are starting to turn on the trees around Lotus Bay. Without boats, the geese, swans, ducks, and gulls have the bay to themselves. I love to hear the geese flying overhead. They get restless paddling around, take off, land somewhere else, and the cycle repeats. I'm pretty sure they stay in the area year round, thanks to all the farmland full of leftovers (corn and soybeans) and the retention ponds. 

What's the wildlife doing in your neck of the woods?

Morning on Lotus Bay

The sky is gray and bay is calm in this first October morning. The wind starts to rise just before lunch. The leaves are still pretty much green, but they will start to turn any day now. Then the west side of the bay gets fiery red and orange and we call it the burn side. Spectacular.

Soon the cottages will be shuttered because the water needs to be turned off before the ground freezes. Customers are few and far between during the week during October when the water gets low. But life on Lotus Bay is peaceful and Tori Cannon wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Sunset on Lotus Bay