Hallelujah! Spring is HERE!!

[BKHpondcritters]

The first harbingers of Spring are always our Wood Frogs who show up to spawn in the pond, typically in early to mid February. I've been waiting. The weather has been cold. Nothing. Just nothing has shown up in the pond (other than a bunch of string algae - harrumph!!) But, today the temps soared, the sun shone & the Wood Frogs showed up!!! Hang in there, everybody, and don't listen to that silly groundhog - Spring is on its way!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Awesome!

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Awesome!

I was giddy. Seriously. This was the one bright spot in my day (week, actually).

 

[GBBUDD]

I'm guessing you like frog legs

 

[TheFishGuy]

Oh my goodness! And my pond is still almost totally frozen over, hopefully spring does come soon!

 

[JamieB]

I have a planter of tulips inside. Just green spikes coming up, then noticed I have two blooms coming up! I’m not sure spring is here yet, but it’s on it’s way.

 

[GBBUDD]

mine has 4" of ice at the air stone who knows how thick it is in the dead pool

 

[brokensword]

mine has 4" of ice at the air stone who knows how thick it is in the dead pool

Didn't know Ryan Reynolds had a gig out by you...

 

[GBBUDD]

yup it's the addition that was built last year so the fish could be caught . theres a shallow opeing to the area where it opens up to the dead pool know where to hide so i can catch the fish every year i seem to get a dozen new fish can't have that

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I was giddy. Seriously. This was the one bright spot in my day (week, actually).

I can't wait to see frog life again. Hoping it's not too, too long. Sometimes I can get the pond running as early as mid-March. Not sure that'll happen this year, but you never know. There's so much snow and ice on it right now.

Fun fact, I have at least one dream per winter of the pond on a warm summer day with frogs sitting out and fish swimming around.

 

[addy1]

60 today then diving back down into the 40's, rain instead of snow coming this weekend.

 

[Lisak1]

I BELIEVE! haha!

Our pond has an open area in the middle after two nice "warm" days in a row. So nice to see the waterfall has been chugging along under all that snow! I'm surprised the ice wasn't thicker, but I'm guessing the heavy blanket of snow provided good insulation.

 

[bagsmom]

We are supposed to be 73 and sunny today! Next week rainy and in the 60s. Daffodils are up and some are blooming. Spring is absolutely on the way!

 

[BKHpondcritters]

We are supposed to be 73 and sunny today! Next week rainy and in the 60s. Daffodils are up and some are blooming. Spring is absolutely on the way!

My daffodils have been sprouting & some have been blooming since mid-December! Very confused, they are! This picture was taken on January 2nd:

A few days later they were regretting their enthusiasm! LOL

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[addy1]

Ours are just crawling out of the ground