Gone Soft

Desiree and I took a late evening drive last night, immediately following a light rain that swept across the valley and into the Big Belt Mountains. Skirting around Hauser Lake, we found ourselves in perfect calm. All the world around us had gone soft, and the entire expanse seemed as if colored with pastels.

I bracketed a couple of images (with my smartphone) as a single boat slowly cut across the glassy, oddly colored waters. The native grasses in the expanse beyond have now been bleached blonde by the summer sun.

From here, the nights will gradually become cooler.

Hauser Pastels

—Mitchell Hegman