Nature Done Wright

   Lake Appert is frozen again, and the Celery Farm has a completely different  personality.
   The lake, typically the dominion of gulls and geese after October, is now ruled by skaters.
    The sounds you hear nowadays are the scratch of skates on ice, the clack of hockey sticks, and the eerie singing of the ice as it expands and contracts.

   I tried recording those sounds — if you listen closely, you can hear the ice singing.

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    This is not my favorite time of year — the farm almost seems in a coma — but for those who love ice skating and ice hockey, it is the place to be.