We have a foundation! My daughter’s family has windows. Yay! The construction delays due to covid supply shortages and overwhelming new home construction demand have stretched on and on. But my daughter’s four week wait for windows is over. And our foundation is poured. Took the drone up yesterday to get a better view as they pushed the sand back.
Sand, yes. Although we are a few miles from Lake Michigan, our home will be built on the sand of an ancient lakebed. Across the street we have a large pond, complete with an all sand natural beach. My daughter has a more expansive pond across her street… with of course a natural sand beach encircling it.
We will both live in Hathaway Lakes. A few blocks away. Close.. but not too close. When complete, over 500 homes. And yet, I’d think the large ponds are not quite “lakes”. Got me thinking about the difference between a lake and a pond. A quick google and I discovered this:
“Most would say it’s size, a lake is bigger, a pond is smaller. That’s actually wrong. From government websites to Wikipedia, the information is wrong. The difference is actually a result of the the depth.
Ponds, according to limnology (the study of water bodies) are shallow enough where plants could conceivably grow across the entire surface. This area, where plants could grow is known as the “photic zone,” meaning where the sun’s rays can reach the bottom.
A lake, by contrast, has an “aphotic zone,” meaning there is an area deep enough that sunlight can’t reach the bottom.
As a result, there are some very small bodies of water, less than an acre that are deep enough to be called lakes. Conversely, there are some very large, but shallow water bodies, particularly in the south that are technically ponds, (though they’re called lakes) because their “photic zone” expands the entire length and width.
So, at least with lakes and ponds, size doesn’t really matter”
So, I was right, our ponds are not lakes. But I was wrong as to why. They are plenty big enough to be lakes… but just a few feet deep.
Still, the marketers win… Hathaway Ponds just doesn’t sound nearly as good as Hathaway Lakes.