The Beginning
By Laura Ferris
The land was dark and cold. Ice covered everything and there were no living beings. But, slowly, it began to melt; just a small drip at a time, eventually becoming a torrent of water as the ice receded to the north. Valleys were dug where the ice lingered for awhile, and water filled the aquifers under the ground. In the deepest of the valleys, springs began to gurgle upward; gradually filling the depressions with cold clear water from the aquifers. The most beautiful of these spring- filled lakes came to be known as Diamond Lake. Its name is indicative of the nature of the lake. It sparkles likes diamonds in the sun and like diamonds, it is precious to those of us who have been fortunate enough to live there and raise children and grandchildren along its shores.
Even today the lake is continually replenished with the clear, cold water of the massive aquifer that lies below the surface. Nothing in this world is more refreshing than a deep dive into the depths of the lake on a hot day. Even when the water temperature has increased during the dog days of August, a swimmer is surprised and delighted to find cold spots where the spring is trickling upward.
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