Everything about "On Golden Pond" works just a little too neatly: the plot; the characters; the jokes; the set, by Ray Klausen; the direction, by Leonard Foglia; and the actors.
It is hard to imagine an open pond working with such high percentage of photosynthetic active cells and consequently such a condensed biomass concentration range.
But ice rinks are fairly common winter facilities — ponds work, too — and skates are reasonably affordable compared to skis, snowboards, and curling stones.
Unlike the older ponds, which required complicated pumping and treatment systems, and a good deal of maintenance, the new ponds work with biological filtration and automatic skimmers, which are hidden in the pond's design.
He writes for Outside, Mother Jones, Harper's Magazine, Orion, Yankee, and let us not forget the Calais Lakes and Ponds Working Group.
Having made her name as a model during London's Sixties heyday, she worked for British Vogue before being lured across the pond to work with fellow ex-pat Anna Wintour.
The sustainable policy includes active land management – for example, planting trees, and hedgerow and pond restoration work.
Unlike Tinie Tempah, Labrinth has turned down offers from the US ("One step at a time. I don't want to be a little fish in a big pond"), but work is never far away.
The arrangement, unusual for a pair of public agencies, would be worth up to $500,000 and would pay for Mr. Walder's former colleagues to fly across the pond and work as on-site consultants in New York.
Not one for wallpaper background, Maron delves into local lore for insights into carnival life and details on how games like Polly's Plate Pitch and the Lucky Ducky duck pond actually work, or, in some cases, are rigged ("gaffed," in carny lingo).
