Or maybe I should have titled this, "I Can See Clearly Now" . . .
Cause the rain was gone, and sometimes when it hasn't rained for a while, the farm pond water gets nice and clear. Then you can see all the plants that are growing underwater.
Of course, this time of year there are also a lot of fallen leaves in the pond. There's still some algae growing too.
I think it looks kind of pretty with the colored leaves floating on top, and then the green plants growing in the water underneath.
Unfortunately, most of the time the water isn't clear enough to see down into the pond. And even when it's clear, you can only see around the edges, and not in the deeper water.
Maybe someday we'll try stocking the pond with some fish, but for now it has a large population of frogs and turtles.
This clear vision of the underwater pond plants doesn't usually last long, but I enjoy it when I can!
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Come on, toss some minnows in there this winter. See what happens.
I suspect any minnows we throw in there will become sushi for turtles, ha, ha!
I don’t know…..turtles become famously slow this time of year, being cold blooded and all. Minnows would spend the winter making baby minnows and you could have a whole bunch of them come springtime.