Ice on the Reservoir

Even though our daytime temperatures have been fluctuating wildly, most nights are below freezing now.

In the far distance you can see an area of open water.

Although it looks thin, Mark and I had a good chuckle on Saturday as we watched so many young boys trying to break the ice by heaving the biggest stones they could find onto it--without success.

An interesting thing happened today when I walked Kita in the reservoir:  I saw a squirrel fall off a high tree branch, land on his side on the asphalt road with a THUMP, and then he got up, shook himself, and darted into the woods!  It was easily a drop of 60-80 feet!