Along the water

The shoreline is never quite still

At first, a lake can seem like the simplest part of a landscape. A flat surface, a pale sky, a dark line of trees on the other side. Stay for a little while and the surface begins to break into smaller things.

A patch of wind moves across the water before it reaches the shore. The reflections loosen, then gather again. Stones that looked grey from the path are green and brown where the water touches them.

There is no particular destination in watching a shoreline. That may be the reason to stop.