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12 Friday Jun 2026

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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the hot tub was emptied a few weeks ago and we’ve been waiting for a friend to look at the broken side of the lid to see if there is a way to fix it… they weren’t available so my housemate decided to see what he could do…

we finally got around to moving it away from the wall and looking to see what might work to repair it…

many screws have been removed, and we now know what the issue was regarding the right side lid…

all new screws and bolts were purchased and a new backing inside the body of the tub was installed on both sides to make the opening and closing mechanism stronger…

it took quite some time to get it sorted and then replace all the rusted screws that hold the eight panels around the tub…

while it was out and empty, a tiny portion of the deck that it sits up against was sawn off, which made a huge difference when the tub was back in place… now the side that rubbed against the gate opens easily…

next, the tub was filled and the pump turned back on… it will be another day or so before the temperature is back to normal…

the lid works properly… I am so happy;-)…

started with a new set of chemicals and looking forward to my first hot tub…

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12 Monday May 2025

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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started working on the pond on May 3rd… it is a big job…

brought out the pond pump and removed as much water as possible… aimed the hose towards the cedars to give them a good soaking…

the waterfall area has to be done separately, after I removed the two floating planters…

then I left it so that the leaves and twigs could dry out a bit before removing them…

the next day, the wetvac came out and it removed quite a few leaves, and a few rocks, lol…

next I got into the pond and picked out the majority of the last leaves in the dry areas… that evening, my housemate finished draining the waterfall area and cleaned up debris from the bottom of the pond…

on the 9th, we obtained the foam to fill the spaces between the rocks so the fish won’t be able to hide when we are trying to catch them in the fall, lol…

rearranging and foaming the rocks took two days of concentrated work and it was hot out…

Sunday, May 11, the pumps were in, the necessary rocks have been foamed, a few flower pots have been added for fish to hide in and now we wait for the foam to cure so the water can go in…

this afternoon the pond was filled, woohoo… excited to watch the first of the water enter, using a dedicated hose which goes right into it… took an hour and a half to fill the bottom portion and just under thirty minutes to fill the waterfall area… that had to be done with the regular hose, as it isn’t connected to the lower area unless the waterfall is running…

it will be a few weeks of it running before the fish make their way from the winter condo;-)…

unfortunately, the plugs on the post near the pond are not working, so for now I am using an extension cord to provide electricity to the two pond pumps… always something, lol…

so happy to hear it running;-)…

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