4.

yes, that's my shadow

Every day I went out and lined more rocks around the edges.

They slid down

I'd build them up

slid down

build up

slid down

I'd look out the window at this seemingly unsolvable mess and say to my self, "two rocks...I'll just place two solid rocks...If I do two solid rocks a day, some day it will be finished."

I quit taking pictures

When the rock sides were as stable as they ever would be I added some embellishments.

I planted three sprawling juniper bushes whose duty it was to spread over nearby imperfections.

I added some flat cement tiles where pots could sit.

I added some water plants...left them in their pots so they wouldn't spread and root in the pond itself.

And finally I added five small goldfish.

3.

aagghhhh....cookie time again

I had to decide how to cover the ugly edges...thought of manymany things and tried a few. Finally I settled on river rocks. From the river. Is that legal? After many sneaky trips I saw some people brazenly loading their pickup in front of godandall. I stopped and talked to them and they said, "oh yeah, nothing wrong with taking some rocks".

hmmmmm

where do you draw the line?

when the river changes course?

I struggled with my conscience and my dark side won.

What is written in this blog

stays in this blog.

I forgot to say that I designed this pond to have one end deep enough to winter the fish in our relatively mild Southern Oregon winters .. and I wanted a shallow end for frog and dragonfly eggs. I'd never do that again.

fish eat frog and dragonfly eggs

You can tell this was well thought out.

sweatshirt bumper sticker......I learn as I go