The first day of 2006 begins, with snow everywhere - but only a light 1-2″ …
The weather has not been much below freezing recently so the bubbler created ice hole in the pond is quiet large - and you can sometimes see fish slowly swimming underneath:
It would be nice to think that this years winter will be easy and mild, as it has been so far - but somehow I think it will get worse in the next two months (it always does!)