I used my zoom lens for this water strider, about fifteen feet out in the lake. It was the leaf that caught my eye first:

I thought it was an insect stranded on a leaf, but no. It left the leaf quickly. How amazing! Family Gerridae, here. A college friend from Florida calls them Jesus bugs: they can walk on water. Over 1700 species have been identified. Think of being out in the waves on the water, no boat.

And prayers for those in the storm’s way and flooding.