I wrote in my journal two days ago: “The pond has been trying to become fully ‘frozen’ for several weeks now. Since the second week of November, there has been a back and forth between being rather frozen solid and then melting — sometimes just at the edges, sometimes much of it open water. As November wore on, more and more of the southern part of the pond has remained solid, with the melt/freeze occurring on a smaller and smaller portion of the northern half. It was colder last night (low 20s) and today was cooler — more seasonal — than the ridiculously warm days and nights of late. So, right now, the pond appears to be fully frozen, and just may stay that way for the rest of the winter.” Well, not yet. I just walked down to the pond, and there’s still plenty of unfrozen water all over the pond. The last couple of days have warmed up enough to prevent the ice from being solidly in control. The projection for some cold temps and hopefully some snow this weekend may further the pond’s frozen state…and make it look and feel more like it is actually December in Colorado. I’ve been monitoring the pond’s official frozen date for many years, and this is by far the latest for that cold event (and it’s still not there yet).
