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2008 January 26 & 27, Saturday & Sunday

Saturday last week was the first and only entire day the terrain was wrapped up in a dense fog. The next day it cleared up at 11 in the morning. Nice moments to capture with a camera.          

Bush of Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Photograph taken on 20 January 10:25

The remains of Wavyleaf mullein (Verbascum sinuatum) in the centre and a small Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) on the right
Photograph taken on 20 January 8:35 

The fog withdrawing at 11:09 (20 January).
The stones in the foreground copy the high mountains in the distance on the right: Gallinero (2630m) and Turbon (2492 m).

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The pond shows every morning interesting patterns on the ice that melt away during the day. The same happens with the hoarfrost on ground and plants.

Border of the pond with the grass Setaria pumila.
Sunday 9:36

Every hair of Mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pillosella) is wrapped up in ice.
Sunday 10:01

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Life in the pond seems to be restricted to the Backswmmers (Notonecta undulata). I saw at least 5 individuals and am happy to have these predators of mosquito larvae in the pond all year round.

Another frequent visitor of the pond is the fox (Vulpus vulpus). Blanca spotted him at midday in the centre of the terrain. He stood frozen for about half a minute, staring at her before vanishing into the woods. He looked well fed although didn't show his typical red colour but something more greyish. He had left his 'signature' in the mud near the pond.

Two Backswimmers under the ice of the pond. How do they get their oxygen?
Sunday 10:33

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This weekend I kept myself busy with a drain for the pond. The earth is completely unfrozen halfway the morning and sufficiently wet and malleable to shape into a nice canal.
The idea is to avoid erosion of the pond border when the excess of water flows over and at the same time collect this extra rainwater in some big containers one terrace lower and use it for irrigation. I could make good use of the spare parts of the EPDM liner for the pond that were left. In the next weeks I will fill up this canal with boulders from the nearby river.

Drain dug out in the north-east border of the pond.
Sunday 12:56

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