Hose Froze

I did the last 25% water change today. Almost. I dropped the large pond by 6", then when I went to refill it.....found the hose had frozen solid. Duh. Glad I didn't explode the water tap. Would not have surprised me actually. Things happen to me.

Little frosty this morning @ -10C. Nothing else froze over, but the spray from the waterfall made for some interesting sculpture this afternoon.

While the sun was out I took a peek at some of the water iris. I divided up a huge one last year -- and these are the random pieces I shoved planted in a pot. I'm very happy to see that I didn't kill them, and they're actually sprouting.

And on the unhappy side, look at these little guys. They were so happy with +10 yesterday...and so unhappy with today's drop.