On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:03:14 EST, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

This morning when I got up it was 33, still above freezing.
Unfortunately, by dawn it was barely clinging to 32, and shortly after
sunrise it dipped to 31, before it began to rise again. Now it's 9
o'clock and approaching 40. So I'm staring, sort of slack-jawed out
at the pond, marveling at the bits of frost I can detect, when out of
the duckweed arises an otter! It pops up just long enough that there
is no doubt in my mind it is an otter, then it submerged below the
duckweed before I even begin to get a camera. I've seen (wood) ducks
several mornings also, and turtles, too. I'm beginning to think that
most of the critters live in the "pond beyond the pond" and only
venture now and then into the pond that I can see.
.
Is it almost like if you stare long enough something will appear?

New Year's Eve we had snow, and more snow, then freezing rain, then pouring
rain. Last night a Chinook wind blew in and when I got up this morning all
snow was gone. Temps hit 50F down by the koi ponds. So I took the
opportunity and did a water change. Rain or snow to come again tomorrow...
I'm thinking it will be rain at this time. ~ jan
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