The pond is now down by 4 or 5 inches after almost four weeks of syphon drainage. That translates into about 3800 cu. ft. based on a quarter acre surface area. It should have taken only 16 days to drain that much, but rain and the springs that feed the pond have replaced water at about half the rate at which it’s draining. It doesn’t look any clearer.
Speaking of the pond, the heron was back yesterday at midday and caught a frog, a big one. Pix and details of the hunt are below.
In the pasture, the pasture the mint is in full bloom. The stalks are four feet tall and topped with a cluster of purple flowers. Usually at this time of the season, the mint flowers are covered with butterflies, all different species. There are lots of bee pollinators, but almost no butterflies this year.
The clematis looks like a big, white blanket hanging from the deck.
Well, he got one good sized frog. He [she] snatched it up while standing in the shallow water. He was seemingly frozen in place for, perhaps, ten minutes and then struck in the blink of an eye. He carried the frog up on the grass and stabbed it with his steely knife-like bill
Just before he swallowed it whole.
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