I enjoy this photograph because it allows us to observe the reflection of the setting sun upon the fragile ice of Little Bass Lake early in the winter season. The ice itself is still in its infancy but without a cover of snow. Just imagine the entire lake as being a glass bottom boat where you can study what’s below the surface in crystal clear clarity!

Maybe you could catch a glimpse of some fish darting about beneath the ice.  I have often wondered what it would have been like to walk over the ice at Big Bass Lake before the first snow made vision somewhat difficult.  Yet, at the same time, since the ice is in its infancy one also has to comprehend that it may not be safe enough to walk upon.  However if one is wearing hip boots and in the shallow portions of the lake, they could still take in what’s beneath the ice with great clarity. 

Or if the ice were safe can you imagine coming down a hillside onto the ice with a sled or saucer?  How far could you go on smooth ice?  Or what about some ice skating on our own rink?  Hans Bricker, eat your heart out!  Well, if nothing else, watching the sun cast a shadow over the glimmering ice is still pretty good all by itself.  What do you think?

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