Sometimes everything comes together wonderfully, and so it was last weekend.  About seven miles away is a regional park right in the city, but to walk along the trails is like being miles away from the cacophony and bustle of urban life.  I drove to the park before dawn and enjoyed the sunrise accompanied by the ducks, geese, and even some trumpeter swans.  The sky was a brilliant blue, and the warmth of the early morning light washed across the shoreline of Sucker Lake.  Protected from the wind, the reflection of the colors glowed in the lake’s surface, only to ripple when the ducks flew in.  It was the perfect beginning to a fall day.