Termination dust coats nearby peaks the temperature dropped this morning light frost coating plants and grass and foggy steam rises from the cooling lake water. Ducks gather in the cove, hundreds stop briefly and resume flight at night gone in the morning, others follow more and more each day until suddenly none. Summer is done. Daylight growing shorter darkness stealing more light every morning and evening, winter approaches creeping like a stalking tomcat. Today is clear and sunny lighting golden leaves, melting frost creating beautiful breathtaking scenes to behold. Fall in Alaska has no equal. An artists paradise.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska painter
