Mist in the morning

One of the best things about owning dogs is that I start every day walking somewhere like this. The lake in the picture is managed by the fishing club that owns it, and that has made it such a beautiful and well-kept place.

The sight, in the early light of dawn, of men sitting quietly by the waterside asking for nothing except to be left alone gives me great hope. The great male virtue of the comradeship of silence is still with us.