Colder today and we had nearly 3 inches of snow come last night.  Things are getting back to January-type weather, and most everyone is happy to see some snow.  Trouble is, it's going to be a lot colder for the next few days.  Still, there is a lot of activity on the pond - ice skaters this weekend, walkers, fishermen and snow machines.  Diane Rossi spoke with a fisherman on Saturday who told her there are 15 inches of ice.  He said that is about 5-6 inches less than usual for this time of the year, but he was confident the next few days and nights of really cold weather will "grow" more, so we'll be in good shape with plenty of ice under those fishing shantys and the vehicles that accompany them.  Fred took this picture this morning from the hillside in back of our house.

I had another troubling report tonight from a vigilant home owner on the pond:

Hi Jane,

There is more suspicious activity on Edgewood. Yesterday as I was walking I noticed footprints from way out on the pond up to Mason's house going right to their door. I called Tim Clouare and the Masons. They went out today and reported that no one broke in, but it did look like they had been "cased". 

 

We appreciate that people are paying attention to what goes on around them, especially since so many of our cottages are closed this time of year.  Fortunately, there are more year around people on the pond than in past years, too, so unusual activity does not go unnoticed.

 

This is how the pond looked early Saturday morning.  There was a layer of fog, as you can see.  It turned out to be a very nice, spring-like day.  I guess that may have been the extent of our January thaw.  We're headed back to normal winter weather for a while.