The heat is on.

It was a record hot day yesterday.  I decided to start my ranger walk shortly after 6 AM.   I first took a couple of pictures of the woods along the shore of the large pond.  Without the gentle wind and a few ripples in the water, in the pictures  it was not easy to tell which side is up and which is down.  While walking in the woods, a beam of light reminded me of a Bible passage I memorized in childhood: "Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give life to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."