It's been brutal here. In the first part of January you may have
heard that it got cold here. Now it gets cold here every winter, and
it even drops below freezing a few evenings each year, but we aren't
prepared for it to keep on going for days and days, over a week!
Granted, it got well above freezing each day, and no ice or anything
ever formed on the pond, but it nailed a bunch of plants. Should be
an interesting spring.

One plant the cold didn't seem to bother is the duckweed. As a matter
of fact, it even looks healthier, if that's possible. In any event,
one of my "neighbors" said that next time he goes fishing he'll bring
me a bunch of carp from the Suwannee. Seems they aren't very good
game, though he swears they will clear my pond up right away, and he
says he's done it before with another pond. Shoot, if they came from
the Suwannee it doesn't seem like it would matter much if they wash
back down there, and as long as they're free it won't bother me that
much if I do wind up just feeding the otter.
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