Rewind

It is April 27, 2010 and it snowed all morning. We've also had several days this month with temperatures in the 70s -- it even touched 80 degrees one day, the pond reached 65 degrees, and the kids went swimming. But today it is snowing, in a demonstration of why April is the cruelest month.

In commemoration of the last snow of Spring and anticipation of the warmth to come, here are a couple of photos of Winter pond activities. These represent an almost daily after-school occurrence -- cleaning off a light covering of snow, followed by skating or sledding. Thanks to an early stretch of cold weather, the ice was thick enough to support us well before Christmas.