Woke up this morning (didn't have those Statesboro Blues) but I did ask aloud, "Is he gone, yet?"

Nope.
So, stepping back from the mental abyss, let's look at a nice landscape. I took this at Reelfoot Lake just at sunrise:

#ReelfootLake #originalphoto #westTN #landscape #nature #saysomethingnice

While we await the next disaster from Washington, let's distract ourselves with pretty pictures.

Here's Reelfoot Lake at sunset.

#reelfootlake #westtennessee #originalphoto #landscape

Thanks! Reelfoot Lake is a photographer's paradise. Sunrise and sunsets are so brilliant there because the topography is basically flat in west TN.

#BirdOfTheDay #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #nature #originalphoto #ReelfootLake #cypresssunset

There's a great blue heron silhouetted in that cypress tree over Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee in this photo. Reelfoot was formed by the New Madrid fault earthquake in 1811.

#BirdOfTheDay #blueskybirds #birds #ReelfootLake #canonwildlifephotography #originalphotography

A little #sketch of some bald cypress trees at #ReelfootLake from a photo I took several years ago. #lineandwash #watercolor #tinypaintings

🌲 Walking the Reelfoot Lake boardwalk is like stepping into a peaceful, ancient world.The lake was formed during the New Madrid Earthquake when the Mississippi flowed backwards and flooded a forest. #ReelfootLake #scenicviews #CypressSwamp #Tennessee

Sunrise photo taken at Reelfoot Lake, near Tiptonville, Tennessee.

#nature #ReelfootLake # originalphotography

This new painting (just finished on Sunday) takes a second look at a Reelfoot Lake sunset. "Reelfoot Lake Revisited" is a 12" x 16" acrylic painting on canvas. hughdanielart.com #reelfootlake #acrylicpainting #sunsetpainting #cyprustrees

Stepping away from the political abyss to find photos I took years ago at Reelfoot Lake in northwest TN. The only natural lake in Tennessee, formed when an earthquake sent the Mississippi River in the opposite direction in 1811. Heron in cypress tree.
#originalphoto #nature #ReelfootLake #TrumpSux

Female cardinal over Reelfoot Lake, with artsy fartsy editing... A friend of my wife asked if I had any cardinal photos she could use to make a get well card for her mom, so I tampered a bit with these photos on her behalf.

#birds #cardinal #originalphotography #ReelfootLake

Stepping back from the abyss, day three:

Cypress trees out of the fog over Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee. I adjusted the camera's white balance for this exposure and ended up with one of my favorite "moody" landscapes.

#landscape #ReelfootLake #westTennessee #originalphotography #bluesunrise

Stepping away from the abyss to look at pretty pictures, day three: Sunrise through the cypress trees at Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee.

#naturephotography #landscape #ReelfootLake #westTennessee #originalphotography #sunrise #cypresstrees

Early morning silhouette shot of a great blue heron perched in a cypress tree over Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee. The pastel colors of sunrise made me spend a few minutes at this spot.

#birds #naturephotography #landscape #ReelfootLake #originalphotography #greatblueheron #westTennessee

Sunset on Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee. That place is magical at dawn and sunset, if you've never checked it out.

#ReelfootLake #originalphotography #naturephotography #landscape

Another sunrise at Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee.
#ReelfootLake #originalphotography #nature #landscapes

One more meager effort to add some beauty to an otherwise bleak landscape of current events... (ignore the watermark, it's linked to a website of my photography that is no longer online)
#ReelfootLake #westTN #ReelfootSunset