Dead Goldfish Haiku
Floating sideways up Milky eye stares at nothing Fins flapping no more I bought nine goldfish a couple of weeks ago- I didn’t mean to get so many, but the fish girl and I got to talking, and we both...
View ArticleShould I fertilize the plants in the pond. or just buy more goldfish?
oooh, pretty flower...ugh, what's wrong with the lettuce? My water lily just bloomed- a lovely yellow flower, and I notice that the bloom is the same shade as the water lettuce and the water hyacinth....
View ArticleSpring Cleaning- the Hillbilly Goldfish Pond
Even pond scum looks pretty in the sunset. I left the water lily in the pond (okay, it’s a horse trough) over the winter, and didn’t cover the tank up, so any and all leaves and detritus that got in,...
View ArticleSelf watering pot- a goldfish story.
Frozen Hillbilly Goldfish Pond. I pinned something on Pinterest that was repinned more times than anything else I have put up. Then, my brother found it somewhere and sent it to me, as well. It is a...
View ArticleWater Lily Transplant Team
At the pizza place last night, I told my kids I was planning on taking the water lily out of the pond to repot, and asked if they would help. They did not respond enthusiastically. I clarified by...
View ArticleWater Garden- you can grow that!
My happy place. Pretty much every morning, I go out to my patio, set my coffee on the table, put my feet up on the big terra cotta pot, and watch the sky reflected on the surface of the pond. To be...
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