The pond is filling…

by | Mar 16, 2017 | Journal

We took the day and kept at it, arranging rock, washing rock, scooping and pumping muck, and getting the pond about as clear as a 5000 gallon hole in the ground surrounded by trees, plants, and dirt can be. I decided to revert to automation, in this instance, and...

We clean the pond

by | Mar 14, 2017 | Journal

…of ten years of rocks sliding in; and just dust; and evergreen needles. And stuff. The very bottom of the wintering-over pit is, well, due for a cleanout. And a lot of rocks have rolled down there over the years.This is the pond drained down. We’ve thrown...

Draining the pond

by | Mar 11, 2017 | Journal

We’re starting over. Clean out, start with fresh water, find ourselves some bird netting (fruit trees) to cover the pond while baby fish grow, and as soon as we have the water nice for fish, we’ll be starting over. We’re sad but starting to plan, and...

Bren would laugh.

by | Mar 9, 2017 | Journal

An e-mail. ” Dear User, Kindly go through the attached official letter, it is very compulsory.” Just because your syntax is straight does not mean that you’re communicating what you think you’re communicating. In this case it reads: “Hi!...

If you want to join—2 steps. Join, then write!

by | Mar 7, 2017 | Journal

Please don’t forget the second step. Write to me: addy is on this page, and a ‘real’ [not bot] person can find it. I’ll be delighted to hear from you, will answer you personally, and I only ‘deny’ a membership that has sat there a...

Making progress

by | Mar 4, 2017 | Journal

This isn’t the final form Wave will take. This is the ‘workable’ form. One thing I’m really liking is the effortless blitz of the spammers (I’ve tossed 26 of them with a keypush and admitted two new members who are most welcome here). The...

We lost the koi

by | Mar 3, 2017 | Journal

All of them, we think. We think the heater failed. Sad, sad. They were pets who’d eat from our fingers.

Keeping titles short

by | Mar 3, 2017 | Journal

And mastering the art of pix. This is actually easier on this new format. This is one of our prettier lilies.

We are functional again.

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Journal

I’m not sure how this works, but we are up. Some of you with phones may notice better functionality—the inability to resize was one of the reasons the old site was wheezing.

I'm kind of liking this theme.

by | Feb 24, 2017 | Journal

Those are the infamous koi. Maddy is the white one. Ari the gold. Byakuya is the black one. Koi’s faces are a little strange when they lengthen their faces to get a mouthful. The 3-finger operation continues, but at least we have something readable. If I keep...