A little green frog likes to sit on the top of our pool liner, right below the overhang. He's hard to see unless you are swimming. I notice him even without my glasses on because he is vivid green against the dark blue liner. He's tiny, about 2 inches long. The swimming pool is not a good … [Read more...]
Saving Tadpoles from the Swimming Pool
Our pool was full of gunk this spring above the winter cover. You name it, we had it floating in the rain and snow melt that accumulated on top the cover: bugs, hydrangea flower heads, leaves, pieces of plastic from the roof repair, assorted garbage blown by the wind. It doesn't look too bad in … [Read more...]
Fall Is Here: Closing Up the Swimming Pool for Winter
Fall arrived last week but it's still warmish here, low 70s in the day and 50s in the night. However, 50 degree nights are too cold to enjoy an unheated, above ground swimming pool. Dave closed up ours. This is the third fall we've lived here. The first year we moved in October … [Read more...]
Swimming in a Cold Pool, Memories of Lake Superior Vacations
It's been cold here in Michigan and the water temperature in our pool slipped below 60 yesterday. That's cold! It was sunny yesterday and we had the solar cover on. Although it was in the 50s Sunday night, our Monday daytime got to the low 70s and it was a pretty day. The top couple inches of … [Read more...]
Fixing Up the Swimming Pool – It’s Hot Outside!
When we moved here 20 months ago it was October and way too cold to go swimming. The previous owners had thoughtfully winterized the pool for us and we were excited to use it last summer. We never had a pool before aside from the little wading pools for the kids - which we used ourselves in really … [Read more...]