Ice Out!

Well, the ice left the pond almost 3 weeks early this year. I'm so not ready! I can see the algae starting to grow, most certainly loving the intense sun we've been having. We'll have to get the filter out there and running soon!

One of our variegated, bagged, cattails had dropped to the bottom of the pond in the violence of snow drifts and ice forces during the winter. Strangely enough, it is doing better, more green shoots than the one we left on the shelf! Perhaps sink them both to the deeper part next year. It's always the inadvertent that gives us the best inspiration.