Photo taken by me of broad-winged hawk at Carter Hill Orchard which has beautiful views of Mount Moosilauke and Mount Cardigan
Their favorite recipes  http://www.carterhillapples.com/recipes.html

                               

My favorite spot at the lake under a pine tree "canopy"

Being Warmed By the "Pink Time of Day" at the Lake

                

Perhaps being a "loner" and a very solitary person who prefers to
be alone has its benefits. I am much more sensitive to the nuances
around me from nature and the gift that they are for me, and for
that I am grateful. While sitting on a rock at the edge of the
lake last evening listening to the distant beautiful and haunting
call of the loons( wishing they were closer), I was suddenly reminded of the term "The Pink Time of Day". 

When my son was young and in the back seat of the car with me at dusk he would talk about "the pink time" and it took me a while to figure out what he meant. He was referring to the time of day/night when the sky turns pink and casts a glow on everything. I am going through a difficult time now medically and financially, but for that moment in time I was not worried but grateful to be "warmed" by "the pink time of day."