clouds billow above

sapphire blue tarns ...

so near, the sky

I'm thinking here of Twenty Lakes Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, just at the Lee Vining end of the Tioga Pass Road.  There is a good account of the area here:  http://www.hikingwalking.com/destinations/ca/ca_ses/lee_vining/20_lakes_basin

EARLIER THIS YEAR ...

spring run-off

spirea growing tall

by the sparkling stream

 

Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 1/16/2013.  

Prompt was fresh water, rivers, streams, a puddle. 

 

Frog Lakes trail ...

columbine hang like jewels 

above the dark stream