I wake every morning at the break of dawn thanks to the hundreds of birds visiting our property from the forest across the road. I don't mind though, otherwise I'd miss this view out my window.
Or this view.
This beautiful spring morning was especially loud with the sounds of the forest. I wouldn't want to miss it for the world. My husband also gets up early and as usual, the first thing he does is check on the pond. He's very anxious for it to melt. While still in his jammies, he started breaking the ice hoping to spot the koi.
He wasn't disappointed. He spotted some swimming through the broken ice which was a relief because yesterday the only fish we spotted were two dead ones floating at the surface.
One thing we need to keep a watchful eye out for is our golden retrievers. They are natural lovers of water and swim whenever given the chance. Even in below temperature water. Throughout winter, they had walked freely across the frozen pond so didn't think anything of it this morning when Emma wandered out to the pond. And being the merdog that she is, when a huge section broke away and began to sink beneath her, she didn't think anything of it. But we called her off nevertheless. Not a good idea to think it's their very own swimming hole. After she got off, our german shepherd, Dakota, wandered unto the floating ice. However, she is much heavier than Emma and the ice broke beneath her. She slipped off and slid beneath the remaining ice shield over the pond trapping her between two huge chunks of ice. She's not the greatest swimmer as it is and the pond is something like four feet deep, so she began to panic. I began to panic as she was too far out for me. My husband came to the rescue and like a miracle reached far over the ice, grabbed her by the collar and pulled her out. Now you'd think she'd stay clear of the pond after that, but just as soon as she shook herself off, she headed back on the ice, refusing to let it beat her.
One thing we need to keep a watchful eye out for is our golden retrievers. They are natural lovers of water and swim whenever given the chance. Even in below temperature water. Throughout winter, they had walked freely across the frozen pond so didn't think anything of it this morning when Emma wandered out to the pond. And being the merdog that she is, when a huge section broke away and began to sink beneath her, she didn't think anything of it. But we called her off nevertheless. Not a good idea to think it's their very own swimming hole. After she got off, our german shepherd, Dakota, wandered unto the floating ice. However, she is much heavier than Emma and the ice broke beneath her. She slipped off and slid beneath the remaining ice shield over the pond trapping her between two huge chunks of ice. She's not the greatest swimmer as it is and the pond is something like four feet deep, so she began to panic. I began to panic as she was too far out for me. My husband came to the rescue and like a miracle reached far over the ice, grabbed her by the collar and pulled her out. Now you'd think she'd stay clear of the pond after that, but just as soon as she shook herself off, she headed back on the ice, refusing to let it beat her.