A Badly Needed Do-Over

When we moved back to Fort Myers, John and
his Dad tried their hand a building a pond.
It sounded lovely but there were just a few
items I didn't love. But...it was a great effort.
So, we had some money saved and decided to
give the pond a do-over, with professional help
this time. We are very happy with the (almost)
final result.

Before, our pond was some black pond liner with
a cement hill that was originally intended to
become a waterfall. We could not figure out
how to finish off the edges so it looked pretty
instead of like plastic.
In case you are wondering what Ian is doing, he
is talking to his pet turtle, JJ. He greets JJ every
morning and says goodnight every evening. This
little turtle knows his voice and if Ian is out, so
is JJ. If Ian calls him, he comes. It is quite crazy.


Step one...bust out the ugly cement hill. Ian and
John worked for hours, they pulled out the liner,
and had a lot of the "ground work" (ha ha pardon
the pun) done before the pond-scapers came.
I think this picture makes Ian look older than
9. He worked his tail off this day. Because of their
hard work, it only took a day and a half instead
of three days to get the basic pond in place.


I know it is poorly lit but this give you a pretty
good idea where we are going with the pond.
It is beautiful! We are still adding in rocks and
will eventually buy some nice plants to
finish off the edges.

A close up of the fountain. The blue
rocks are called Blue Ice. They add
a really neat touch. We have some
goldfish from the first pond in there
right now but will add Koi once
we are done with everything.



Tonight, John added lights. They are extra fun
because you can change out the light filter so
we can make them match the holidays. It adds
a little extra ambiance!