June 16, 2016. Questionable Ideas 2.

Walking from the house to the water at the lake Ken and I got the good idea to install a pond at the bottom, with two pools at the top and a stream running across the property down to the bottom pool.   We thought it would be fun for the girls to play in the little stream, which we decided should go under the walk way.  We hired a young man who was eager to take on the task, and he did.   He also planted shrubs as directed by Ken so on both sides of the walk down to the lake you could sit and listen to the little stream and admire the shrubs and flowers.  It seemed like a great idea.

Unfortunately, he did not make the lower pool large enough so every time we wanted to use it, we were required to add water.  Of course we put gold fish in the lower pool  which the Great Blue Herons were quick to spot and eat.  David replaced the fish at least 8 times and finally quit feeding the Herons. We hired another man to make the pool bigger but it was still not big enough to allow the water to be pumped up to the two top pools and then run down the stream.   So we gave up.  The last two times we have been to the lake we have not turned it on.  It  was another good idea that turned out to be a bad idea but the streams with all the stone work looks pretty and the lower pool is still full of water plants.   Not everything we try to do turns up a winner!!