The Pond, Day 3

This is how the pond looked early this morning. The waterfall has been placed, the skimmer is in, and the liners are lined with rocks.

It took a lot of digging, toting, hammering, and hand placing rocks "just so" to get to this point, all in 90 degree heat. None of this hard work was done by us; the boys and I watched from the air conditioned house, coming out occasionally to take photos, ask questions, and refill the cold water dispenser.

That big, flat rock in the bottom of the photo below is making the "fish cave," so the fish have someplace to hide from the heron who lives in the big pond next door. I think the water is going in today, which means we'll soon be able to add fish. The boys are very excited about going to pick out some koi from the local pond supply place. From their Internet searching they have discovered that there are green koi (really?); well, that's what they tell me.

I'm pretty excited about seeing how all these big flat stones will end up forming a flat edging to the pond and a little patio area near the tulip magnolia.

Oh, and, of course, the bridge. I think Ben is excited about a bridge along the lines of Monet's bridge at Giverny. A little shorter, of course, but you get the idea of the simple railing. We want to be able to lean over the top railing and also rest our hands and heads on the middle railing when we sit down on the bridge to dangle our feet over the side.


There's lots of excitement to come.