The
Frog Pond in 2004
28 March 2004
The reeds began at the far end (shallow
end) of the pond, but they have travelled right across
until they almost totally cover the whole area
This is the 'deep' end of the pond
which was the only part not dried out.
The mud came well above my knees.
With Tim's waders on, I had to reach
down into the deep mud and try to release the huge roots.
There were the most amazing spiders in the water, who apparently live underwater
in air bubbles.
They kept popping up to the surface, ran across the water a little way
and then disappeared underwater again.
It doesn't look very attractive
after this little exercise, does it?
But once the pond fills (the water comes up to the rock on which I'm sitting),
and the plant life is re-established, perhaps the frogs will find it
more to their liking when spring comes.