More Snow

Expecting more snow this weekend, into next week. I look at the ground cover of snow and think of the potential, the moisture that will be absorbed into the ground.. how wonderful it will be this spring to have all the moisture deep in the ground.

The birds have been really hitting the bird feeder as the ground cover of snow has limited their food supply... there was some wheat in the bottom of the canister that I was storing the bird feed in and they are throwing it on the ground. I thought for sure they would have eaten the wheat berries??? I guess not.

Thinking of one more "job" for this summer. Redoing my waterfall for the pond. I want to find a central rock for the waterfall and then add some around it. I might have to dig the area around the waterfall area and level the ground better. Seems like I left it too uneven and not enough room for a good sized rock to be put on the area. I took down the rock I had because I was afraid that the ground would settle and/or heave and the rocks I had set up would collapse and I would lose the rocks in the bottom of the pond. I learned a lot about digging for a pond. 1) the sides should definitely be anally perfect as far as level with each other. 2) I should have had a lip for the rock edging. 3) I needed more of a platform for the waterfall area and so that it would cascade directly into the water.