Ice covered some but not all of the Lake. Some patches were completely frozen, other areas rippled freely as though they were in a totally different and warmer climate. But the mystery came in the patches within the ice. Circles unfrozen, randomly spaced… pockets of warm within icy icy cold?
Posted for Six Word Saturday… in fifty words…
I searched for “ice circles”. A little different than you described … but an interesting phenomenon.
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They are interesting, Ladysighs… they seem to be the opposite of what I’m writing about here! 🙂
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Always two sides to a story. 🙂
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Indeed… and all avenues need exploring! 😀
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I never read anything longer than 6 words in 50 words anyway.
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🤣 Really, the title should say it all anyway! 😊
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Interesting…Nature is not always understood.
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True… there’s always something that makes us stop and think…
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Your inverse ice circles inspire me to write a flash (frozen) fiction piece! I will link it back here on Sunday (if you don’t mind)! 🙂
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Please feel free, CM… glad to provide inspiration! 🙂
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Take a peek… if you dare! https://www.cmstewartwrite.com/single-post/they-swim-in-circles
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I thought I’d possibly like the aquarats, but I’m not so sure now. You’ve made me move my half-eaten leftovers from the door here though, CM! Mutant rats… 🐀 🐀 🐀 good one, CM.
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Aliens? Related to crop circles? 🙂
janet
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Could be aliens, Janet… although I have a feeling these circles may have come from below, rather than above (now that’s a cool twist on this week’s One Word Sunday prompt! 😀 )
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Janet’s suggestion was what was thinking, Tom. There might be aquatic aliens living at the bottom of the lake. Maybe there’s an underground tunnel leading from some else? Oh, golly, the possibilities… 🤔😉
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Or there might be aquatic rats… aquarats…
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Aquarats… my spellchecker thinks I was typing Aquarius! Could be, CM!
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Anything’s possible when it comes to the Lake, Chris. I keep an open mind! 😊
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Nature has her ways to amuse.
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She does, Eugenia… she likes to make us wonder!
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