Indian Creek Pond

On the North end of my son's property there is a pond which I would like to name the Indian Creek Pond. It contains a plethora of wild life.

Last week our neighbor was carrying a very unusual object in her hand. She said she was in her garage when she found this small garter snake with a socket from a socket wrench set around the middle of its body. She said that she could not remove it. We all tried, but it was firmly in place and would go neither up or down. My granddaughter, Emma, came along, sat down on the grass, and slowly worked on it.
after about 15 minutes, she was able to remove the socket back over the head, but the snake did vomit at the end. This neighbor is on the South end of our pond, and Emma returned the socket to our neighbor. The garter snake just wiggled its way back into the grass.

Our Indian Creek Pond is about 1/4 acre with about 100' by 50' and about 8' deep. It is loaded with wild life, which indicates that it is ecologically sound. It starts early in spring with the peeper frogs making their chatter in the early evening. Then schools of tiny fish, possibly minnows, swirl in circles, and next the bullfrogs with their deep bass voices croaking. Finally the turtles showed up. Very early in spring, there were a pair of ducks came a few times, but they did not stay. Thank goodness they did not stay, because I hear they are messy.

Also around the pond are the usual cattails. Another wildflower showed up with a beautiful purple spike blossom on tall stems. They resemble lupine, but those are much shorter. Along the North shore earlier in spring, there were 3 beautiful blooming crab apple trees that are now full of crab apples. These were planted by nature not by man.

What a beautiful experience watching all these things happening, and I tried to share it with you.

God Bless all of you.