Yesterday morning’s fog swept lightly back and forth over this fragrant water lily pond on the WoodenBoat School campus:
The lily pads have been rising slowly and soon will be joined by gold-centered white lilies that perfume the breezes. Male red-winged blackbirds now stand guard amid the spires of their foggy cattail kingdoms, while their mates protect the family legacy in nests near the water below:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on May 22, 2022.)