December 5, 2011

I've been away from the blog for a very long time....over a year. My shortcomings are obvious, but Quimby Pond and it's people are deserving of more effort on my part.

I thought that I would post at least two pictures about a couple of times per month.  One will be Quimby Pond now (this winter) and the other will be an image of Quimby Pond during the summer.  A neighbor, Gayla Ellis, has offered to use some of her images.  Gayla is a wonderful professional photographer who spends a month on the pond during the summer.  I'm grateful for her donation.

Here's an incredibly beautiful image of a Quimby sunset from Gayla Ellis.

The pond has been "trying to freeze" for most of November and early December.  The water will form a skim of ice nearly covering the pond at nighttime, then EVERY day the ice melts. This freezing and thawing happens every year, but I've never seen it last quite this long.  It's unusual in that even if the temperature remains in the 40's during the night....in the morning there's ice!  It seems as if the pond is trying to make up its mind.