maire & OP, No just what's silted and slumped in over the years...clean up the edges to make them neat, get rid of holes around the edges and such and make the inlet and the outlet deeper again. Originally it was a swamp and if left to its own, it would return to swamp, so we have to do maintenance on it every few decades. Yes it has springs in it but it's also fed by neighboring ponds and the waterway eventually becomes a river downstream.

whistle, yes it was. It snowed all day yesterday and most of today. It was minus 10 c today and dropping to minus 20 c tonight. (North-central Alberta) The snow looks beautiful.

Lars, that kind of looks like a chameleon. We got two of them at the circus when I was a kid. So cool to watch them change colors depending on what they were sitting on. They eventually escaped into the house, never to be seen again. :)

Each piece of the snowman is magnet backed. my GS's like to come in and "rearrange" his face, etc. to see how quickly I notice. ( hat upside down, carrot coming out of the side of his face, scarf upside down, etc., etc.) You need a white metal door for him.