We’re seemingly in the midst of the big spring meltdown. Most of the snow is out of the woods now and it’s time for the ice to head for the exits in the marsh ponds. These ponds usually are the last to go, often being penetrated first where feeder streams enter them, while their surfaces melt from the bottom layer up.
The ponds are exhibiting an inviting patina of snow ice on top now, as you see here in images taken yesterday.
Do not be fooled by this come-hither look and try to walk on them. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 22, 2023.)