Slow Melting Lake Ice
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
The morning of May 3, 2008, Bob checked out the shoreline and the open water appears to be about 60′ wide (the dock is 50′ long). By evening the open water had more than doubled, and the first Red Necked Grebe noisily announced its arrival squawking and calling in a high screechy warbling trill. All the other ducks clung close to the shore, not wanting to be the target of an underwater dive attack from the Grebe. The wind blew and the sun shone, just the right combination to cause the ice to evaporate quickly. Hooray!
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska artist
