Spring arrived on Emigrant Lake recently. The lake is calm and beautiful and rowers are again plying its waters. Larkspurs and biscuitroot are blooming. The oaks are pushing leaves. The Siskiyous create a misty, almost-mythical backdrop.

Ashland, Oregon, spring

Morning row on Emigrant Lake.

Siskiyou Mountains, spring, clouds

Reflections on Emigrant Lake.

Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Inundated island of oaks in Emigrant Lake.

Emigrant Lake, Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Yellow-rumped warbler in spring oaks.

yellow-rumped warbler, Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Topsy-turvy. Can’t.quite.reach.

The Road not Taken Enough