This morning I realized that I lost my Followers! Where did they go? There's just an empty black space that once had the faces of my Followers! 
Inspired by my love for birds, it's only natural that I would create a "Love Bird" Bracelet and Earrings, just in time for the fall!! These treasures have been created with copper and Swarovski crystals!
Exotic Feather Earrings
Created by Wildspirits
Exotic Feather Earrings
Created by Wildspirits
http://www.wildspirits.etsy.com/
This weekend my husband and I decided to dismantle the waterfall and try to fix the problem. We think the liner was not laid high enough in several areas, allowing water to escape!
Meanwhile, the wildlife in our yard have been busy investigating this new addition to our yard! Birds are stopping by to bathe and drink and a little toad has been hopping around, a bit curious too! I haven't seen the chipmunks or squirrels visit yet, but I'm sure they've been there!
We now have three frogs living in the pond! They all seem to love floating around on the water lettuce or sitting on the water hyacinth roots! (Too cute!) They have become accustomed to having us around, and just happily sit there as we work around them, patiently waiting for us to finish their little paradise! :-))
The kids purchased 3 goldfish that quickly acclimated themselves to the pond. Once this project is completed, we will buy Koi fish to join our family! Unfortunately, the Koi from our front pond grew to 2' and then were eaten by a passing hungry blue heron! I was so upset! Since then, I created a safe area under water by using an old plastic crate. I cut out some of the cross bars on each side of the crate so the fish can swim in and out easily. It is topped with a flat stone and a wire frog. I don't think a heron or raccoon can reach them----- so far they have been safe! We did the same thing in our new pond. The crate sits on the bottom of the pond 3' below the surface of the water.
Our pretty goldfish seem quite happy swimming around in their new surroundings. They have been a bit shy, staying towards the bottom of the pond and close to the crate! However, they will soon learn that I am the source of their food and greet me with open mouths!! :-0
I'm really hoping we can finish up this project shortly. My husband is anxiously waiting to start putting up our annual ice rink!!
What a nice way to start the week after a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! I feel very honored to be chosen for the J'Adore Tien Blog Award by Laurie LeBlanc-Rickaby of Made by Swirlygirl. (I believe J'Adore Tien Blog = I Love Your Blog!) Laurie creates beautiful notecards that incorporate her gorgeous photography. She also has a beautiful blog herself, called Made by Swirlygirls's Side Lines!
* I love my three children more than anything! Each child is so special, adding a unique dimension to my life. They are growing up fast, but when they smile at me it still warms my heart!
*I love God and thank him everyday for the world he has created, my family, friends and all the other things He has blessed me with!
We can't thank enough, the parents of my son's girlfriend for so generously allowing us to collect the rocks we needed for the waterfall from their old farm stone wall. The stone is natural rock from our area and aged to perfection! This turned out to be a real treasure since many of the rocks were covered with moss, which I just love!! The boys worked hard to carefully sort through the stones on the wall to make sure they picked out an assortment of sizes without disturbing the integrity of the wall. We decided to name the waterfall after this wonderful family!
After digging a trench for the waterfalls and stream, approximately 18" wide and 8-12" deep, it was lined with newspaper and a rubber liner like the pond. The boys began placing large stones for each of the four steps that drop into the pond. It's important to get the rocks in the proper position so they look as natural as possible.
We bought Japanese Garden Stone to line the perimeter of the pond. They are a very similar color to our local rock and quite flat, which makes it easy to lay.
We still have alot of fine tuning and little details to do on the pond. Plants need to be replanted around the pond once we know we've conquered leaks here and there! It's beginning to shape up!
We couldn't resist adding some water plants. Our frog came back and quickly became king of the pond as he floats around on the water lettuce!
These late summer bloomers are one of my favorite wildflowers during this time of year!
For the past few days the boys have been working hard through the heat digging the pond and waterfall. We decided to make the deep end of the pond 3' deep, giving the fish a place to winter and a place to escape from raccoons looking for a midnight snack!
The rest of the pond has different levels for water plants and hopefully other creatures such as frogs and turtles!A variety of materials can be used to line the pond before the rubber pond liner is put down. Old blankets seem to be popular, old synthetic carpet with pins and tacks removed, and old pool liners, are a just a few ideas people have suggested using. However, the best material to use is a commercial material called pond liner underlayment which looks like a thick felt and won't decompose in the ground.
We used newspapers in the front yard pond, and have had no problems in 9 years, so we decided to use it again along with heavy duty plastic from last years ice skating rink!
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