Pond Ice

Adventures on the pond this weekend included the following:

Michael repeatedly trying to see if the ice would hold his weight

Jon T walking across – yep it cracked a little

Me crawling to the middle to trim the dead papyrus bush down to ice-level. Looking down through 3 inches of ice to see the fish and clear water under is a weird experience.

Kaya, Nana, and Colton throwing and rolling rocks on to the ice. Now I understand the attraction of curling (SP? The Olympic sport). It’s fun to see how far you can push a rock and make it stop where you want it to.

Colton trying his weight out on the pond. Unfortunately he stepped where the ice was thin, near the waterfall and fell in. Poor frozen child. He warmed up quickly in the bath.

What a fun day. Did you know that when you throw a rock and it only cracks the ice, the cracks show up as shadow circles that cause rainbows in the ice?

Winter is a time for discovery here in the Northwest.