Another beautiful morning on the water. Not a bad way to begin another trip round the sun for me.

Watching sunset from atop a paddleboard on Lake Mary was the right idea, tonight.

Well, hello there, noisy little buddy.

Decided to listen to some records while at the work-from-home-station today.

This morning, on the water.

It was a perfect, perfect morning to go out paddling. Cool air, glassy water that turned to a few light riffles with a breath of breeze, and the rising sun made for a calming, restoring time on the water.

This morning’s sunrise paddle session was short: it was breezy and cold! I was really glad to have kept my favorite sweater in my dry bag, because I couldn’t have gone out on the water without it. Even so, it was chilly, and I was scared of falling into that cold water.

Checking in from this sunrise paddle session. It was a beautiful, absolutely calm morning on the lake today.

I’ve been on the lake on a borrowed stand-up paddleboard several times this long vacation week, and loved it. This morning was perfect weather, compared with my first trip a few days ago when it was so windy. I’m a believer; ordered my own board today!

For lots of reasons we look forward to our first big monsoon storm of the year, and it arrived yesterday – a heavy hours-long rain that made this spray of daisies and other annual wildflowers even more brilliant.