Winter has come to the local mill pond, with ice, mistiness and freezing winds. Even so, I enjoyed the walk this afternoon:
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Graham
Though we lean upon the same balustrade, the colours of the mountain are different.
Though we lean upon the same balustrade, the colours of the mountain are different.
These are the kind of wintry things I remember from long ago. Things have pretty much changed now, being as I live within an isolated thermal boundry. One day its is hot the next its cold, rain then snow. One of the first things to come to mind though when I viewed your photograph, was the fact that under that ice, there are probably tons of protists, amoebae especially. I do not know about there in the UK but places like that here usually produce a bumper crop of organisms during the winter. I think the dissolved oxygen levels have something to do with it but I cannot be sure, protist seem not to need much in the way of oxygen from what I have read.
Anyway quite a nice photograph there Graham, I enjoy winter walks also, despite the cold temperatures. Always take a thermos of hot coffee or tea with you.
Anyway quite a nice photograph there Graham, I enjoy winter walks also, despite the cold temperatures. Always take a thermos of hot coffee or tea with you.