Several ducks stand on the bank of a waterway in the park among cypress knees and natural detritus. They are dusky brown and grey with salmon-orange bills and they have dove grey piping around their eyes. They all seem to be facing the same direction.

Calm waters reflecting the pinks and blues of an Alaskan sunset stretch into the distance where, on the horizon, mountains roll far into the distance in layers. The sky is full of low clouds that look slate blue and periwinkle, pink and pale blue, salmon and tangerine. The sun is a lemon smudge behind some clouds.

A black and white photo taken from behind tall wild plants that appear obscured in the front of the lens focused on a dog walking away from the camera through some tall grasses and many trees in the background. Some creeper vines twist around the bole of one of the trees.

A gravel trail leads into a dimly lit forest area, rich with vegetation. The trees and shrubs are bright green and the light is soft.

A maple tree growing nearly horizontally over a pond is beginning to bud with its red blossoms. Three sliders have crawled out of the water to sun themselves on a branch that reaches into the water. The dark pond waters are disturbed and reflect the red hues and pale greens of the few green plants in this mid-winter image. Due to the use of the lens extender and the bright sunlight, the colors have taken on an almost unnatural quality and the image is a bit painterly at the edges such that the image almost looks like a photos processed in the 1970s.

A small stream that runs through the land I live on reflects the trees on its banks as the wind disturbs its surface. Leftover fall leaves wait.