Inspired by Sara who is documenting the gulch behind her home, I decided last January to take a photo of the neighbor’s pond on the first Saturday of each month. I’ve posted January through April, and then May through August. Yesterday was the first Saturday in December, so this morning I took the last photo. I’d been hoping for snow so that the December photo would look different from the November photo, but I won’t complain about the 50 degree weather we’re enjoying.
So here is the pond as it looked on the first Saturday all year long. Remember to click on any photo to see more details.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Change Is Hard 
December 2, 2012 at 8:19 am
Love, love, love!!!!! What a dynamic place. So, pretty no matter the month.
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December 2, 2012 at 8:31 am
Even without the snow, it definitely looks different from November to December. Great idea, Dawn. Fun to see an entire year of seasonly change.
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December 2, 2012 at 8:37 am
Your pond is beautiful all year long, like Sara’s gully. I think I like June the best – green and full of the promise of summer!
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December 2, 2012 at 10:00 am
Bowsers. The December paw-to-graph looks dreary.
Essex & Sherman
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December 2, 2012 at 10:55 am
Wow the March –> April transition is impressive!
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December 2, 2012 at 11:17 am
That is cool!
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December 2, 2012 at 1:59 pm
I love this! Thanks for keeping up with it all year!!
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December 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Isn’t it glorious! There’s something about November that particularly appeals to me.
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December 2, 2012 at 4:41 pm
What a fabulous idea, capturing the same place for an entire year! I love how the seasons change the pond’s trees, from the barrenness of winter to the lush greenness of summer. You’ve done a great job here, Dawn, and I thank you for sharing such lovely photos.
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December 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm
What a great idea, Dawn! June and October look awfully good to me. Actually, December looks good, too. (I didn’t mind at all going outdoors with Sarah today and not having to fight a fierce, cold wind.) Did you record the time of day you did each photo? Very, very nice story in images. Beautiful!
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December 2, 2012 at 10:29 pm
How fun to watch the changes! And how funny that January and February were snowless, and then there was March – followed by an April with spring busting out all over.
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December 3, 2012 at 6:41 am
Yep, a lot of us got a surprise snowfall in March. You can see Sara’s March has all sorts of snow too.
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December 3, 2012 at 5:50 am
They turned out beautiful!! I cant tell which is my favorite.
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December 3, 2012 at 7:22 am
How wonderful that you have such a beautiful pond nearby! I love July the most, it’s bright, sunny and full of life.
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December 3, 2012 at 10:44 am
Wow Dawn! I love this. I think I remember a post at about the half way mark wondering if it was worth it….was it ever! Hope you turn those pictures into a wonderful collage.
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December 3, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I’m going to make them into a calendar for the neighbors’ whose pond it is.
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December 4, 2012 at 8:28 am
What a wonderful gift for your neighbors!
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December 12, 2012 at 12:30 am
I looked through the thumbnails when you posted this but had to come back when I had more time to look at each one individually. It’s amazing how different every month is! Even June/July, which are the most similar, are still different in quite a few ways. Nice work!
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