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The Photos continue
This pond is in filtered sun and under lots of pine trees. The empty spot screamed for a pond, so I built an above ground one with cinderblocks and a liner. Because of the shade, I was able to plant...
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Hurricane Isaac
Our local media is spending 24/7 on the air whipping folks into a frenzy over Hurricane Isaac. Isaac is supposed to come ashore on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and follow the same path....
View ArticleAfter Isaac
Isaac has come and gone. He did significant damage, much more than I expected. At our house, the biggest problem was loss of power. We were HOT HOT HOT! I finally plugged in an inverter in my car...
View ArticleIsaac is officially gone
It's getting to be fall in parts of the US. Down here in New Orleans, it's still summer and filled with heat and more heat and will be for another two months. But in the northern parts of the...
View ArticleLife returns to normal
I went to replenish all the groceries we lost from the freezer and refrigerator yesterday. I shoulda stayed home. The shelves were almost bare. I was reminded of photos of stores in Russia (or was...
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Summer is still here even if Isaac isn't
Although much of Slidell is flooded and without electricity, all is OK here on our end of town. So it's time to call the emergency over and get on with what needs doing. Oh, I got word from the...
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Recalling Ponds in Pictures
During these last days of the heat of August, I will continue to post photos of ponds I have built over the years. Some were easy and others were more than difficult.By the way, the owner usually made...
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More design ideas
I found early on while starting to build ponds for customers that most of them didn't want formal concrete boxes, but free form natural looking ponds. They wanted to feel like their back yard was part...
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Pond photos
Maybe you can get some design ideas from ponds I have built. Most of these are free form ponds with flexible liners. Occasionally a formal pond done with concrete pops up, but not often. My first...
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More pond design
I am continuing the series of photos giving ideas about how to best design your pond to make the most efficient use of space in your garden. A well designed pond 'fits' in your garden and in your...
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Formal Pond Design
This pond was at New Orleans' famous Broussard's Restaurant. I did not build it, just needed to make it work again after being a festering hole for years making their courtyard a not-so-nice place for...
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Pond Design, Continued
Let's keep showing pond design solutions. I know it seems simple just to dig a hole and fill it with water and in many ways it is, but making that pond fit where it's dug is as different as the people...
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Even more pond design pics
Want to hear lots and lots of water. After packing this pond chockablock with plants, pumps, tubes and waterfalls, the client wanted to hear even more waterfall sounds. So I attached a hose to a pump...
View ArticleFall Pond Care
Those pretty tropical pond photos were fun, but now that the seasons are changing, it's time to concentrate on some of the nuts and bolts of pondkeeping. Here's an article I wrote about fall pond...
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It might be fall where you are
But it sure isn't fall here in New Orleans. We did have some cooler weather for a few mornings, but it was just a tease until the real thing comes along in a few weeks. So, down here, our ponds still...
View ArticleMoving is a Mess
I am still moving to Arkansas. Seems like it's taking forever. Maybe because it is. One more trip and lots of craigslist postings/garage sales, freecycle and I hope to be here for good. Let's see...
View ArticleHanging Pictures
Isn't one of the last things one does in a new house to make it home is hang pictures? I have been doing that and at least one room looks like home. A messy home, but that's normal as well. And...
View ArticleThings I think about.
Each year somewhere around my birthday, I have a look back at my ever increasing years and write down things about myself that seem important, at least at the time1) I cannot seem to recover from PTSD...
View ArticleThe Pond in Winter
We are coming up on winter. Many of you have cold days and freezing weather at night already. The pond looks like a gray hole in the ground sitting in the landscape. A few basic things will get your...
View ArticleA Day Off
Didja ever open your eyes in the morning and and decide to just write off the day. Yup, that was the idea when I woke up. A couple of weeks of packing and moving and driving and unpacking and...
View ArticlePond Equipment Winter Care
Pumps, filters and UV lights When temperatures drop, winter pond care is necessary. Algae growth stop, so you can disconnect your filter and UV light if you have one. Remember you only need filters and...
View ArticleSurviving Hurricane Sandy
I survived Hurricane Katrina. I know it was 7 years ago that Katrina hit, but when a storm runs away with your house and all its contents, you remember. Trust me, you remember.Now many of you are...
View ArticleMore Hurricane Sandy Info
OK, you are downright sick and tired of no electricity or gas by now. You are cold, have thrown food away, can't get gas for your generators and are downright pissed because you see several hundred...
View ArticleI was gone, but I'm back, at least for today
Oh dear, I was just chastised for disappearing and indeed I did. Now with the new year starting, I really do need to pay attention to the blog again. My past months have been way busy trying to get...
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Living in Arkansas
I retired after Hurricane Katrina destroyed our house. Soon after that we bought another house, sold that house 8 years later and moved to Mountain View AR. We have been here 3 years already and...
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