This evening emanation greeted me while inspecting progress of the driveway improvements being undertaken by Bob and Phil, or *endeavoring* to inspect their work in the darkness that descends earlier and earlier and earlier this time of year.
![Evening Emanation (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9791-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
A glowing beacon. A bucolic barnscape. An icehouse lighthouse…
After a year and a half of creative conjuring and construction, the icehouse (as well as the icehouse deck and courtyard) radiates warmly, invitingly. It has become my new favorite environment at Rosslyn, a new epicenter of activity and entertainment, balancing the beauty and bounty of the boathouse.
![Evening Emanation (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9795-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
The boathouse too offers an evening emanation as we advance upon Christmas, windows illuminated with Christmas tree lights twinkling lakeside. But I’ll wait just a little longer in the hopes that snow will fall — not more rain, please — to offer an idyllic holiday scene. Hopefully soon!
What do you think?