Autumn day at Clear Lake

This past Sunday I drove out to the Ten Have-Galloway home at Clear Lake near Rockford. After chatting a bit with Uncle John -- everyone else was away -- I took a stroll around the lake, savoring the quiet, the color and the solitude.

And yes, I tinkered quite a bit with post-processing the photos and experimenting with color balance, tonal qualities, that sort of thing.

Finally, I couldn't resist adding two photos of drop-dead gorgeous trees in our neighborhood.