Or more correctly, around a pond. Any snow falling in the water immediately melted.  I took these pictures one morning after a brief snow dusting during the night. Thankfully we did not have a cold winter this year.

The tropical waterlilies were still putting out foliage which is just amazing, even though I stopped fertilizing them  back in October and moved them to the deepest part of the pond which is about 3 and half feet deep.  They can be a bit fussy about temperatures below 50 degrees.  Thankfully there is so much volume of water in the pond, which also continually keeps moving that the water temperature has not dipped below 48 degrees so far.

It looks like the fields and gardens have been sprinkled with powdered sugar.

That was back in January, and now the gardens look messy, shrubs are budding out and the beds need a good cleanup and composting. Spring is coming folks! Ready, set – get gardening!