well, the day didn’t start off so great…

I had made breakfast and brought it out to the back deck to enjoy…

I realized that a plant pot next to the waterfall needed to be turned so that more sunlight would encourage the dahlia to grow…

I stood on one of the blocks surrounding the waterfall area and a stone and started to turn the pot…

and I fell backwards into the top portion of the pond… in an effort to save myself, I grabbed the waterfall rock… it broke off in my hands and I ended up sitting in the water…

as you can imagine, I was rather shocked… I quickly removed my phone from my back pocket and put it on the stone surround as I tried to figure out how to get out…

there was blood on my hands and when I lifted my right foot there was blood on my toes as well…

after I removed my flip flops, I was able to slowly and carefully get out…

I went into the house, took off the wet clothes and sat down for a few minutes… eventually I called and spoke with my daughter and settled down, lol…

after a shower to get rid of the pond smell I sat in the garden and texted with a friend about what I needed to do for my hands and foot…

polysporin for my hands, soaking and more polysporin for my foot and quiet time for the rest of the day, trying not to use my hands too much or get them dirty…

over twenty-five years with ponds in the garden and this was the first time I fell in…