Last week’s view of the pond (it looks the same today). The snow cover has diminished enough for regular boots to handle. Temperatures in the mid-forties is allowing slow melting and contributes to a modest mud season (so far).
Streams are running and the pond is showing signs of ice breakup at the stream entrance points (to the right in this image is where our local beaver bog stream empties). Despite this warming of the pond snow and ice, we saw an ice fisherman today on the right side.
This is not today but last June on Lake Contoocook in Rindge, New Hampshire. Mt. Monadnock is visible on the horizon to the right of the sunset.
Today, March 4, 2022, we had a high of 28F degrees but it was sunny and a bit windy. It has been an odd winter here in Maine. While overall temperatures have been a bit higher than average (they say), it seems we have had more negative degree mornings than usual and we have had rain in the middle of snow storms several times.
We are hoping to get out on the hiking trail and get updated images of the end of winter-2022.