Comments | mummm: Just some pretty pictures from this morning

mummm

Just some pretty pictures from this morning

Jul 17, 2005 19:17

If you click on the pictures you will see enlargements in the album.

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artwork, flower_pictures, pond

Comments 38

vocalista001 July 18 2005, 00:35:13 UTC

Beeeutiful.

You have a heater for the water in the wintertime?

mummm July 18 2005, 00:45:22 UTC

We do have a heater but it is rarely turned on; only in the extremely cold times. The fountain keeps the water moving and keeps it from completely freezing. The fish survive just fine as do the water lilies and sometimes some frogs. Robert takes great care of it.

vocalista001 July 18 2005, 02:04:48 UTC

That is so cool!!

mummm July 18 2005, 02:33:18 UTC

The coolest part is that Robert loves working with it. :-)

ldygwynedd July 18 2005, 01:11:44 UTC

Lovely pictures.

I have a permanent account and having all that room for pictures is one of the benefits, I think.

mummm July 18 2005, 01:17:54 UTC

Thank you!

But... I have a permanent account too! :-(

ldygwynedd July 18 2005, 01:19:05 UTC

Well, crud. I don't know. Maybe my pictures aren't as good a resolution as yours?

mummm July 18 2005, 01:33:52 UTC

Oh gosh, I don't know. It just says ten before I even start loading them! I guess LJ just loves you best! *hehe*

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ilenebook July 18 2005, 01:33:59 UTC

I am jealous...we have a big hole and no pond. *sigh*

mummm July 18 2005, 01:42:50 UTC

Well digging the hole was the hard part! ;-) We have hard clay for "dirt" and lots of rocks. That pond was made with a pickax and lots of hard labor. Then we just added a liner, rocks and water. The ferns were already there. :-) christinA won the fish, Robert added the flowers. We have had the pond for a long time now. It's NOT very big, but big enough to enjoy.

ilenebook July 18 2005, 01:44:22 UTC

It looks great..ours...is still just a big hole after three years...oy!

mummm July 18 2005, 01:46:26 UTC

Sometimes things just get put on the back burner... for way too long. We have lots to do on our house that has been ignored for years!

jackiejj July 18 2005, 02:13:11 UTC

Beautiful! (Just home and off to bed, but I love these.)

mummm July 18 2005, 02:29:48 UTC

Thank you! They are not as beautiful as yours though!

Good night, sleep tight! :-)

montain_mama July 18 2005, 02:18:24 UTC

Oh and beautiful pictures by the way:). Randy desperately wants a pond. I fear we would just have a huge hole in our yard if I agreed! He has a pump he has been hauling around in his van for months now that he was given at work...it came out of an above ground swimming pool! I told him just to leave it there or get rid of it because we weren't digging a hole in our yard to cause more mosquitos.

mummm July 18 2005, 02:27:55 UTC

Well... actually our pond does not harbor mosquitos. The fish eat any larva and the moving water is something that they don't like. We have mosquitos of course, but not from the pond water.

Do tell your husband that the pond requires a LOT of work. That may discourage him more if you don't want one. ;-)

montain_mama July 18 2005, 02:42:11 UTC

Don't get me wrong. I would LOVE to have one but lots of times Randy's wants get ahead of his desire to actually finish the job and yeah lots of work and upkeep is not something else I need right now:).

mummm July 18 2005, 03:08:46 UTC

Definitely understood!

One thing that is nice about it...
When you sit out on the patio with the sound of the water and if there is a nice breeze and nice temp. it is very relaxing. In fact, if I sit on the swing watching the birds (we have lots of feeders out there) I tend to go to sleep!
We get goldfinches, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and well... just about every kind of bird you can think of that is around the area. I love it.

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