Just before last week's cold snap and snowfalls, which took the shape of that massive blizzard up in Copper Harbor, down here in Okemos the snow had all melted and the fields, though still a bit muddy, were beginning to dry out. Here's a shot of a soybean field down Sandhill Road west of our house in Okemos. I hopped out of my car on the way to work to get this shot. That's no permanent pond. It's a flooded low spot, which fills up when the snow melts or the spring rains are heavy. The family who owns this field has never been able to keep the spot dry enough to plant in it regularly. Ducks and geese stay in the pond when the water is up, but then quickly move on when the water gets low or stagnant.
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