Greers Ferry Lake in central Arkansas is just about my favorite place on earth. The simple, unspoiled beauty of creation relaxes me in ways I cannot explain and through the years it has been the setting for some of the best of our family times; this past week was no exception. We just returned from a five-day stay there and I snapped this photo as we sat on the lake at sunset waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks display.

I’ve been meaning to take some photos of the beautiful fall foliage in our area, but never got around to it. Somehow the ones I snapped from my iPhone on the way to church yesterday just didn’t make the cut. So Jim went walking and shooting yesterday and these are the best three.

During the summer, we love our weekends at Greers Ferry Lake in Arkansas, in the foothills of the Ozarks. It’s just a little more than three hours away from our home and even though the drive is long, it’s well worth it for the sheer unspoiled beauty of central Arkansas. Each year, I try to get Jim to take me out on the lake to watch the sunset. We just stop the boat in the middle of the lake, listen to the sound of the water and watch the sky change colors. I took this one last year, sometime in July.