Playing with Ice

I picked up James like normal on Fridays. We had made arrangements for him to stay the night. So we went and picked up his clothes and Xbox. When we got home he went right over to check the pond ice I had been telling him about. It did not take long and he was out on it.

After we ate and James played on the pond some more, he wanted to go see if there was ice on the creek. There was, but not as much as the pond.

With in a minute James was flat on his back, the ice was really slippery! Then he got a rock and worked on breaking some off. He sent most of the piece he fell on floating down the creek.

He busted off this piece from the one behind him by jumping on it. Then he ventured further upstream and tried to break off another shelf of ice. It broke when he jumped on it, but he slipped and went in about knee deep. I told him it was time to head back before the cold set in. As he was climbing up one glove froze to the bridge rail. He thought that was neat so he stuck the other one on there also. I swapped gloves with him so he could drive the 4 wheeler and we headed back. It was a big adventure and we had a good time.

Short video here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfmRhk5DwN4

Sounds like tomorrow may be nasty, be careful out there.

Ice keeps growing and the Duck is stuck

Well the Duck is really stuck now. He is going to be there until it thaws, if that ever happens.

Where the water bubbles up for the pond sure froze into a pretty shape. The birds land on it and get drinks out of some holes in it.

Every day there is less of the water fall showing. I fully expect not to see it one of these mornings.

No one has been out behind the house since it snowed, so about half of it is still there. Quiet day here today, I did a little building on the plane, packed a couple of buckets of hot water out to the pond and scanned a picture of the twins. We had biscuits and honey a little while ago, now that was really a treat.

Stay Warm!