The pond color has changed today. We are seeing the ice darken quite a bit in the area behind the islands. I was going to go to the other side of the pond today to see how things are over there, but that will need to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, I took pictures from our deck of the head of the pond and of the area in back of the islands so you can compare with other photos taken earlier. I think you can see through the trees in the lower right corner of the second picture that there's blue water off the point where the channel comes into the pond, in front of Rachel Lewis's home on Sandy Beach Road. Once around that bend, the ice usually melts more quickly especially if the wind can sort of move it around a bit. Also, where that darkened ice is in this photo is right where those fishermen were just a couple days ago! Looks from here as if it's almost open water.

There's still a stiff breeze today, but the sun isn't as intense as it was yesterday - in fact, it seems to be clouding in and even looks like rain. Perhaps we're getting the rain that's being forecast for tomorrow afternoon a little early. We can sure use it. It's been a while since we've had precipitation - last week, I think, when we had some wet snow, but really not much of that, either. A little rain will start things growing and greening up, and really do a number on the ice that's left!

I received the following today from Matt Randall, (637 W.Shore Rd. and Lyndon State College):

Here is the poster for the musical at LSC. It is next weekend (April 23, 24, and 25) and is a 1950's Elvis inspired musical featuring 27 Elvis hit songs, and it's also based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Click here for more information: LSC Musical

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