Monday Morning

I will be going to work now, but they get the rest of the day off, in Paradise.  Have a nice swim.  Love you.

Clear Pond Water

This summer we had the prettiest, clearest water, since Bubba first designed the pond in 2004. We have used no chemicals. We have learned a few tricks thru the years:

Plants, plants, plants

A fresh ultraviolet light bulb

A bale of barley straw

Clean filters

The right fish food. Tetra Pondfood helps keep the water clear.

Algae on the waterfall seems to keep the pond clearer in the summertime.

Learning the tricks and lots of luck help keep the water beautifully clear.

Its only scary if a duck lands on your waterfall.

Koi and Goldfish in clear water

We changed our UV light early in the summer due to the algae bloom. It helps to clear the water for the summertime. The water is still clear as it can be, and the fish are fun to watch.

The pond is right outside the bedroom, the kitchen and the dining room, and we can watch the fish from any of these rooms. The palms and lightscaping make the back yard look like we live in a tropical resort.

It's like every night, we're on vacation.

Safe in the Aquarium

The Little Fish that Got Away

We enjoyed watching the 4 tiny fish we added to our pond on Saturday. Thursday evening, while stretching the feeder pole to their rocks I saw a red-capped oranda out of the water in the mouth of a ribbon snake, which was half-way still in the water in a coil. I slipped my pole thru the coil, and yanked it out of the water. The snake hit the grass and the fish hit the patio. I put it back in the pond. The next morning I saw another ribbon snake with the same fish in its mouth, crawling in the rocks above the pond. I hit the snake, it dropped the fish, which is now living happily until bigger, in an aquarium.

The Pond on a Sunday afternoon

We changed the Savio filter out yesterday, finished checking for leaks, got it all back together - now - its time to relax and enjoy the pond, each other, the world, life.