It has been a very rainy Spring down here also. Our new puppy does not like to go outside in the rain to pee. We’ve had a few accidents.
Are you having insomnia posting at 3 AM?Pond area work yesterday. The new 30 gallon breeder sits on the porch doing a leak test. It is not leaking, being new it should not.
For some reason, mostly based in being bull headed my mind is insisting on using those dastardly marble slabs around the pond. Yesterday I somewhat leveled a pathway from the steps to the Gazebo deck and then played them out, not once, not twice, but three times. The last time I staggered them and although not completely thrilled with the result will lay a stone dust base between Holland Bricks and then set the marble in place. The gaps will then be filled with a red crushed slate, and that is that.
A bit of a quandary today. Brother wants to go fishing on Lake Champlain today. With 3 - 4 days of rain forecast beginning tomorrow I am feeling self-pressured about completing the paver walkway today. I keep telling him it is to early for Lake Champlain salmon and lakers as the thermocline has not yet inverted. I think he just wants to drive his boat. I have a couple of hours to decide.
The 30 breeder sits with water on the porch. Just making sure it does not leak before popping it into the dining room. Got lots of good input from the forum on setting it up for fry that we will put to use. Hope to have it bubbling by Thursday or Friday. Going to really try to make it look like a canal using wood, rocks and live plants with a gentle lateral current. The background will be brick veneer so to look like a Feeder canal retaining wall. The Feeder Canal is a local waterway that connects the Hudson River to the Champlain Canal and was used to bring logs to International Paper and Finch Pryne paper companies in the olden days. Today it is part of the recreational system in our area and has really good Pickeral fishing from a canoe. My friends and I used to dive from some of the small bridges that that traverse the Feeder and I think scaping the 30 would tickle my memories.
Added two cups of Red Root floaters and three Hyacinths to the pond on Sunday. They look lost but if we do not get a late frost will multiply nicely based on what happened last year. Still have several cups of Red Root in the basement tote and will purchase a few more Hyacinths when we are more certain of being past the frost date. Our new weather patterns make past experience nearly meaningless.
I put the RV pop-up canopy on the deck over the weekend. It is about ten years old and on its last legs. Because we needed to rework our budget to accommodate the dining room to fish room conversion the Gazebo will likely remain a deck for now, perhaps until next year unless I decide to some side carpentry or plumbing. I usually have several opportunities to do so but normally decline. Another quandary. Anyway, will likely purchase a new pop-up for the gazebo deck in the next few days even though I am not a fan of temporary structures. Need it for the RV in any event.
Time to start deciding ... Fishing or Marble.
That is my norm ……… 4 to 4.5 hours as long as I can remember.Are you having insomnia posting at 3 AM?