A little bit of Paradise from scratch to finish
The pond - Now
When we first bought our home 4 years ago, there was a carved wooden sign stretched out between the driveway and the lake, that read “Lakeside Paradise”. I loved the sign and made sure it conveyed with the property but Bill thought the sign was a bit corny and he took it down as soon as we moved in.
This place really is paradise this time of year, no doubt about it. The flowers are all in bloom, the birds are nesting in the birdhouses around the property, the deer feed along the fenceline, wanting to come sample the lilies and stonecrop but not daring while the dogs are out. The grass is green, the rainbird sprinkler tick-tick-tick-ticking to keep it that way. The pond is beautiful and it’s the most calming thing to just take a walk around it or have a seat next to it and watch the fish swimming around, and listen to the water cascading down the little waterfall. I could sit out there for hours at a time- if it weren’t for the pesky mosquitoes. ; ) But really, it is a lakeside paradise. I’m going to miss it, at least the Summer version of it.
I don’t know where we’re going to end up- somewhere in VA or WV I’m pretty sure… but wherever we end up, guess who’s hoping to build another pond- another little bit of paradise?
Here’s what the pond looked like 4 years ago-
Before...