Floating leaves

   I took this picture yesterday during my morning walk, and was struck by the amount of leaves floating on my beloved Stow Lake. The leaves were in the northern most part of the lake, near one of the two areas where I would normally see turtles sunning themselves during the warmer months.
   The way that the leaves floated there made me think of animals that had perhaps perished below. Maybe it was their grave markers that had floated to the surface to remind us up here that they were no longer with us.
   As I write this, I realize that it may sound that I may be a little focused on death to see the leaves in this way, but the scene didn't strike me as negative, more of a somber reminder of lives lived and now gone.