I woke this morning and noticed that there was ice on the side of the waterfall at the pond – this is water that splashes up, and has frozen on the rocks and on the overhanging conifer. The fish, in water just above freezing, are cold and still, huddled together in the deepest part of the pond – where they’ll likely stay for 4+ months now, till spring!
I’ll be removing the pump pretty soon now!
It might actually be late October and seriously into Autumn / Fall, but with high temperatures above 70 or even 80 these last few days, we’re enjoying every day!
I took some photos recently, to give a flavour of our weather at the moment. First – how about these Fall colors (trees on my route to work):
At home, most trees have lost their leaves so are less pretty than on the way to work …
However, cooler weather is coming (predicted high only about 50 on Thursday), so soon our “bonus weather” will be gone.
Our weather this year started with lots of rain and warm-but-not-too-hot days, and the plants did very well; but recently it’s got very dry, and the grass and plants are now suffering! The problem with grass here in New England is it needs to survive high 90s in the summer, and then near zeroes in the winter (-20c to 35c!); I don’t think such grass exists … makes you wonder why people have lawns here! Anyway, some plants are still doing OK:
And Bridgette and the fish are happy:
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