Pond in the foothills

[MitchM]

Mine's quite a bit bigger, has the pump inside as well.
Yours looks like the pump is plumbed in somewhere down the line.

 

[addy1]

I have an external pump, a t between the pond line and the skimmer line, with ball valves to control the flow. For the winter I pull the pump open all the lines, stuff the skimmer. Even with -15 last winter I did not lose any lines to freezing,......................whew................

 

[MitchM]

So for the record, the pond is now frozen over thick enough so I can walk on it.
There will be no seeing the fish for another 5 months.

 

[j.w]

I feel very fortunate I can see my fish all year long. I bet you really miss them there Mitch.

 

[MitchM]

Yes, but that's just the way it is. There's nothing I can do about it, that's why I have indoor aquariums.
The pond is too big to try to catch them and bring them inside.

 

[j.w]

Guess we live where we live cuz we choose to for one reason or another. Our families are here otherwise we may have moved long ago to a less rainy area.

 

[MitchM]

Yes, you've got to like the rain or not mind it too much (compared with everything else) for where you are.

 

[addy1]

Her views are beautiful! It stays green, wet helps!
Your place is way cool, love the nature, the wilderness,, Mitch, but my dear sweet honey would never survive the cold, he likes heat.

 

[MitchM]

Thank you. You folks down south have those great hardwood trees that I wish we had here.
I used to live in jw's climate on a boat. I really miss the ocean and the rainforests.

 

[j.w]

Come back to it Mitch...........why did you leave and wow you lived in a boat too? You had the good life but I think you like it a lot where you are out in the middle of nature w/all the critters too

 

[addy1]

Would be neat to live on a boat, a BIG boat....................

 

[MitchM]

When I lived on the boat I missed the snow...

 

[addy1]

When I lived on the boat I missed the snow...

I like snow, honey and I have to compromise, some heat some snow.

 

[j.w]

Sheesh we are never totally happy w/what we have. We get a little heat and a little snow but I'd like more of both but not too much. Hawaii would be nice or somewhere like that but too hard to get anywhere from an island unless of course we lived on a boat

 

[addy1]

Sheesh we are never totally happy w/what we have

So we need to just live part time here, part time there, travel to other places at other times, best of all worlds.