The first one is of that part of the beaver pond which encompasses the dam causing the formation of the pond. It is to the south side of the farm road crossing the pond. It can be noted that the fast moving water passing over the dam from the snow melt over the past few days has caused a breech of the dam a couple of feet wide, and now a foot or more deep. Each side of the break in the dam can be seen, as well as the water cascading away past the dam on its long inexorable journey to the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. The remaining ice will not likely be with us much longer. I believe it is quite obvious that because the dam is in need of repair that it is not receiving, then there are no beaver there to do it.
After leaving the pond area, traversing on my way homeward bound, I noticed the Pussy Willows are again in bloom, in their attempt to form leaves. Some may remember that they were forming in January, during a sudden warm spell. I thought at the time it may cause them harm, but if it did they have overcome it. Isn’t that a beautiful New York sky for a background? Our snow is nearly all melted, and I hope it stays away for a few more months now, but this is only March and therefore we could get more yet.
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