Last summer we had an unusual situation, a significant amount of smoke from wildfires in British Columbia came down into the area and there was no wind to blow it off. The silence during the smoky hot spell felt eerie.
Setting sun fading out.
An osprey and its reflection
The osprey flying past a sailboat.
Fern Cove
Another red sun fade out.
The reflections are an indication of the very low winds. In the evenings in summer the water is often fairly choppy instead of the light ripple. In the morning it is usually calmer but not the mirror like stillness. The sunsets are often lovely but at that time the sun just faded out through the thick atmosphere.
XingfuMama 
Wow, that one with the dogs is so completely still it makes the water look like you were at a small pond, not the sound.
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It’s normally calmer in the cove but not that calm. One can really see why the smoke lingered so long, not a breath of wind.
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We were driving across country from the Deep South and started seeing that smoke as early as Utah.
Devastating, those fires!
It had its own beauty though. But I could help but resent that.
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