After a prolonged bout with the flu since Thanksgiving, I finally recovered enough to brave the wet and cold weather to finish the pond roof, with help from my Dad. Not enough time to put the lights on for Christmas this year, unfortunately.
There is an opening in the middle which is where the pond island is. We figure if it snow real bad we can always cover it with a concrete-mixing tub that we have.
Not too shabby eh?

We designed this cover for the pond, made from 8ft Palruf corrugated PVC sheets, 4×4 posts, 2×4 rafters and 2×2 joists.

It passed the first test over the week of artic freeze. Now I need to improve it by using longer joists and 12-ft sheets over the right side of the pond.