Three Days of Contrasts on Owasco Lake (from the shores of Casowasco)

Vic and I returned home just a bit over three weeks ago.

Although this post has nothing to do with the west

or with Jeeps and offroad adventures,

I have to share a couple of pictures.

Nearly every spring and autumn

I attend a three-day quilting retreat

with friends from my quilt guild

and

another area guild.

Our retreat is held at Casowasco - a Methodist retreat,

camp and conference center

on

beautiful Lake Owasco

 in the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York.

This time I took very few photos of the

facility itself
(2 are below)

The Lakeside Chapel with the dining hall on the left and Bethany where we sleep and sew is back in the trees.

The unusual conditions of the lake that first afternoon
are what cried to be documented.

As the day progressed the lake the air quieted and the lake became very still.

The water's surface became absolutely flat

and, added to that, was enormity of the cumulus clouds.

This is a rare combination as cumulus clouds are formed by moving air currents.

We normally awaken to the sound of the water lapping at the shoreline

and some days there are small waves breaking on the shore.

Not today -

there were only sounds of the birds celebrating the new morning.

Later that same afternoon

a breeze stirred and

the lake's surface

returned to more normal yet still beautiful conditions.

The following morning......

rain, wind, small whitecaps and even sporadic thunder as a front came through

Our final day was cooler,

even a wee bit brisk.

At 6 a.m.

the skies returned to blue

and the lake's surface

no longer produced mirror images of the shorelines and clouds.

Three days of memorable contrasts on the lake

shared with

very special friends!