Lakeside

still, quiet waters

reflections, connections

– perfect shoreline

Earlier in the month we got away to Parc national du Mont-Tremblant and stayed in a cabin in the woods, next to a beautiful lake. There were no motorboats on the lake, so while there were many people out on the water, they were in canoes, kayaks, row-boats, or paddleboards. They were all having so much fun. The weekend was perfect – in addition to the setting, we enjoyed our time with great friends, ate wonderful food, and while the mosquitoes and black flies were fierce, they did not dampen our spirits or stop our adventures. We hiked, laughed, swam, and watched the calm waters. The watercolour, above, is a depiction of the view to the shoreline opposite our cabin, done en plein air* (although quickly since I was swatting the biting flies the whole time!). Being lakeside provides opportunity for reflection – about friends and family, human connections, nature, and our connection to our natural world (it helped also that there was no cell service at our cabin!). Wild lands are the best lands.

* the reproduction, above is not terrific – my apologies. I actually used a non-watercolour album for the image (it is done in a Moleskine sketch book album), you can see scratch marks from the other pages, my technical pen was almost out of ink, and there was just a whole lot of sloppiness in addition to the album crease in the middle. D’oh.

© Christopher M Buddle 2023