We are walking a footpath along a mountainside gently sloping down from our left to our right. It is December. The leaves are down from the trees, brown and slowly crumbling atop the rocky forest floor. There are still a few shades of green in spots: some ground-hugging evergreen ferns in the left foreground, patches of moss and lichens on the rocks, some laurel shrubs between the trees not far downhill. The sun has just set behind a distant ridge. Through the leafless tree branches the horizon is aflame in gold and deep orange, with passing clouds tinted a light grayish purple.

We are walking a footpath along a mountainside gently sloping down from our left to our right. It is December. The leaves are down from the trees, brown and slowly crumbling atop the rocky forest floor. There are still a few shades of green in spots: some ground-hugging evergreen ferns in the left foreground, patches of moss and lichens on the rocks, some laurel shrubs between the trees not far downhill. The sun has just set behind a distant ridge. Through the leafless tree branches the horizon is aflame in gold and deep orange, with passing clouds tinted a light grayish purple.

We are on the shore of a lake, looking out across the water over a tangled thicket of dense green underbrush. This greenery is also bristling with several dozen wild daisies with the familiar yellow centers and bright white petals. A bit further down the coastline there are shrubs and trees. The far shore of the lake is a mature forest of pines, hemlocks and hardwoods. The sky is a soft pale silvery gray with darker streaks of hazy gray clouds. Along the horizon the sky is tinted gold and yellow by the recent sunset. The sky and forest are mirrored on the gently rippled waters of the lake.

We are on the shore of a lake, looking out across the water over a tangled thicket of dense green underbrush. This greenery is also bristling with several dozen wild daisies with the familiar yellow centers and bright white petals. A bit further down the coastline there are shrubs and trees. The far shore of the lake is a mature forest of pines, hemlocks and hardwoods. The sky is a soft pale silvery gray with darker streaks of hazy gray clouds. Along the horizon the sky is tinted gold and yellow by the recent sunset. The sky and forest are mirrored on the gently rippled waters of the lake.