I suppose there is a certain beauty to it, just like everything in nature . By the way, the water is really reddish/brown like that because of the dead leaves (tannin) more than from dirt. It makes walking around in the yard a messy undertaking though. Once it is all melted and the water drained, the yard will be in dire need of raking/cleaning up. We had another inch or so of snow last night but it got above freezing again today so a lot of it melted again.