In the morning David watched the ducks flitter across the lake or rest and prune feathers on the branches of the fallen willow tree. Most of the year there were mallards and the occasional blue heron. In migration months merganzers came. One coronmont showed very occasionally. In the air above the lake waters an eagle might flap by. And he watched woodpeckers, chickadee, nuthatch, goldfinch visit the feeder. It was always quiet in the morning. In warm months the motors would shatter that, but not until ten AM. It was good to sip hazelnut coffee in the lounge and just watch ducks. When he had been a younger man, he would go out before the mist lifted and fish bluegills from the rowboat. At 75 he could only manage the pontoon boat and generally chose the afternoon. On summer Saturdays and Sundays he would leave in late morning and drive to shop or perhaps to see "Group of Musicians" at the Clark Museum in Williamstown. He did not want to be on the lake ...
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