drawbridge…

30 Wednesday Oct 2024

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we’ve been collecting fish from the pond over the last few days as the temperature is getting lower every day and we don’t want to be dealing with ice…

we started with the three that were in the bathtub pond… they have been in the house for about ten days…

right now we have twenty-four…

they have been collected in dribs and drabs… the first collection was about ten, and then a few at a time, as once they see my housemate walk towards the pond they rush under the bridge… unfortunately, it isn’t a drawbridge, lol…

we are still missing five…

wish us luck;-)…

grungy…

26 Saturday Oct 2024

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today I worked on one of my least favourite jobs…

I cleaned a pond pump…

it is grungy and messy work, but I am always happy when all the bits and pieces are clean and ready to be put away for the winter…

one down and one to go, lol…

am missing my beloved, who would have got the job done in a flash;-)…

those big girl pants, sigh…

turns…

23 Wednesday Oct 2024

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spent a few hours in the garden on Sunday working towards getting it put to bed for the winter…

pots went into the shed, the sail was removed, umbrellas came down and were put away, chairs and tables were gathered together in preparation for being covered before the weather turns…

rain barrels were emptied and will be flipped over shortly… just a bit left to do;-)…

and then we are on to the pond🤪…

inhabitants…

19 Saturday Oct 2024

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today the three fish in the bathtub pond moved into their winter condo… one of the rocks that had been in that pond was also brought in to provide a tunnel for the fish…

the tanks have been filled and running since September 30th, although the biggest one has a lot of algae in it so these fish will be testing whether it is ready for inhabitants…

we will likely wait another week or so before moving the rest of the school…

so far, they appear happy;-)…

netting…

29 Sunday Sep 2024

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on Friday I rearranged the lawn furniture so there was a bit more space on the back deck…

on Saturday, I took the netting off the pond… it was doing a good job of collecting the leaves although the weight of them had it sinking into the water…

the fish weren’t moving around as much as usual, the birds weren’t drinking or bathing and I didn’t like the look of it…

next year when it goes down, I will put some thin boards over the top so that it doesn’t slip into the fishes’ domain…

now, the fish, the birds, and I are much happier, lol…

traverse…

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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finally got the net down to protect the pond from all the falling leaves…

we ordered netting online awhile ago and I had some landscape pins which we used to fasten it around the pond… I had to remove ones that were holding down a drip hose around the main deck because I have managed to misplace the box which has at least twenty-five more pins in it, sigh…

it was an interesting process as we figured out the best spots to attach it… my housemate did most of the work, but I did help…

so happy that we can still traverse the bridge without having to walk on the net…

it is the perfect length so that we didn’t have to go back and forth across the water to cover the whole thing… it doesn’t even look too bad…

and, of course, since then, hardly any leaves have fallen, lol…

restocked…

28 Wednesday Aug 2024

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so excited when I got a text from my book-buddy saying she was on the way over with a couple of bags of reading material for me…

woohoo…

it was a drop and run as she had places to be, lol…

and then I restocked the stair library;-)…

anticipate…

09 Friday Aug 2024

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a few weeks ago a friend brought me some koi that a neighbour had given her for me… they are a fair bit smaller than the goldfish, but I anticipate they will grow quickly…

I’ve never had (or wanted) koi, so it will be interesting to see how it goes… this photo shows one of them (mainly black and white) amongst the much larger goldfish…