~ jan wrote:

We got snow today, woo hoo, a bit of insulation on the screens now. Water
temp up to 36.1F! Outside temp up to 24F. I have a nice ice tunnel where
the water enters the top pond at the surface. Bet it melts by morning.
Pretty cool looking, wish I could have taken a picture but doubt it would
have shown thru the screening. Tunnel was about a foot long.

I hope everyone else's ponds are doing okay in the northern sections of the
country. ~ jan

This is my favorite season, appearance wise. All the stuff I
haven't finished is covered by 6" of snow- and the little pond looks
different every time I look out.

It got down to 8degrees last night so I've got a couple inches of ice
on most of it now- but where the waterfall comes in it carves a
varying pattern depending on how much sun there is to warm things up.

I had left a rock at the base of the falls to get rinsed off and
forgotten it. Now it gets splashed on and grows a huge helmet of ice-
and splits the 'thaw-line' two ways. I like when my
forgetfulness/laziness improves my view.g

I should put a digital thermometer in my pond-- have you mentioned
what you have in yours?

Jim