More Photos---The "end" of Summer 2008

Well---as the guys in Monty Python used to say--"Now-time for something completely different!"

I have been putting up some of my liberal rants on Vi's threads--so it's time for me to post up something different--some more photos taken in recent days.

Around the lake I spend much of my time, at least in the warm weather seasons, a tradition started about 20 or so years ago to mark the end of the summer season here on this lake. Like a lot of places in northern climes---the summer season basically runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day and unbelieveably---we have said goodbye to Summer 2008 in the formal sense is over.

The kids are back in school, Friday nights are once again football nights and all of that---and so summer, while still going in terms of the meterological and astronomical aspects of the season----as far as people are concerned--summer is over.

The tradition is that about 9 p.m. of the Sunday of the three day Labor Day weekend, people light off a number of 30 minute road flares along the shoreline of the lake.

So---around a great deal of the approximately 30 miles of shoreline on this lake----there is a red glow of the flares that mark the "end of summer."

Here are some of the photos I took here on our part of the lake:

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/P1080164.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/P1080165.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/P1080158.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...P1080162-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/P1080146.jpg

Very cool shots, Volty.

Time is indeed flying as summer ends.

Wow, your pictures really have a fall feel to them. Hard to believe Halloween is next month.
Is that a traffic light hanging from the tree? Busy yard??? lol
Thanks volty!

Once more, Beautiful shots, Volty.

Ahhh Voltie...So Beautiful Hon!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Hugz
Cat

glad ya'all like the photos

sometimes i feel my "summer" is over...

Very KEWL

Volty, some very nice snaps :-]