The Buoys of Winter

The Buoys of Winter. Lake Dillon, Colorado, 2013

Simplicity, pattern and contrast…three elements that can come together in attractive and interesting ways.

In a few more weeks (maybe days!), this scene will be gone–at least until next winter–as the ice and snow make their cyclic conversion to frigid, blue water, augmented by the spring runoff from the Continental Divide, just a few miles away. Then, the blue weatherseal tarps will be removed from the sailing fleet at the local marina, the summer high country sailors will appear, and the buoys will go to work.