Pond Project

I came home yesterday from some errands in town with the most popular project yet . . . a pond!  I was greeted with ecstatic hugs, especially since I had bought koi too!  We immediately started work - digging, shoveling and raking.  We hollowed out a hole about half as deep as the pond, since we want to raise the level of soil in our yard anyway.  We gently added the water plants (including duck weed) and the fish.  The boys and Madison installed a "fountain" - made from an old bilge pump :) - this morning and we added some rocks for effect.  The fish finally seem happy - at least they have stopped going belly-up - but the ducklings . . . not so happy yet.  They will stay in the pond - if you hold them.

Are those the same birds?

I finally took a photo of the ducklings - although I almost cannot call them that anymore!  They have grown so much.

                             THEN                                                NOW

From A Neighbors Garden . . .

One of my neighbors made me take some black beans a couple of days ago.  She would not take no for an answer despite my protests that I had no idea what to do with them :)  They sat on the counter for a few days reproaching me, then today I was inspired to at least shell them.  The kids came to see what I was doing and before we knew it they were all done!  Then, of course, we had to count them.  In case you were wondering there were 1046!

My Little Model

A momentary idea with a frangipani flower put Madison in the mood for some modeling :)  She posed and I just kept snapping away!

GOT MILK?

New Friends

Last sunday the whole Holdom family came to visit!  Nathan was introduced to our bosun's chairs and all the kids enjoyed kayaking in the canal.

A highlight of our day was homemade guava ice-cream made from guavas we had canned ourselves.  I tweaked my ice-cream recipe a little and the results were amazing.  Between us we finished the entire batch!