view from the pool

Up until the last couple of weeks, I would swim in the late afternoon, sometimes into evening as the sun was setting behind the tall trees. As the sun disappeared in the west, this is the view I saw from in the water looking towards the south. The setting sun regularly painted the lower sky and clouds in pearlescent shades of pink, coral, and purple.

Then the water became too cold to get in the unheated water. The last two times I was in the pool, this froggy thermometer said it was 75°. That first plunge was quite chilling! I don’t think I’ll swim any more this year . . . unless our son-in-law goes ahead with his plans to add a pool water heater.