This pond beside our home is technically "our pond," but really it belongs to the frogs and turtles and insects (many insects, some biting) that live there. Recently, a tree fell. It is now the painted turtles' favorite spot to sun themselves. I love to skate here in winter with my kids for the brief time before it is covered with snow. In a photo it looks so quiet and peaceful, but it's a rather noisy place, so I'm adding a video in which you can hear the bullfrogs in the morning. At night it's every louder with the tree frogs, and in mating season, the wood frogs (Did you know that their blood is like antifreeze with glycogen?) sounding like a chainsaw—in a good way. Enjoy the "music" of the pond:
The other green in this season is that of the John Deere tractors. Here's one for sale:
Even the school's color is ... you guessed it ... green!
love that "reflecting pool" effect in the first photo.
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