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Pond muck and Carnaval beads

Let’s see… it is Carnaval so things are hopping with parties, parades, music, traffic and crowds. I got stuck in one of the worst traffic jams I’ve ever seen here in Mérida last Friday, and I wasn’t even in the Centro. I was out in Colonia Mexico trying to get back home on Circuito [...]

What’s blooming?

My favorite hibiscus bloomed today. I’m so happy about that, it looks healthy and has been growing but hadn’t yet bloomed this year.

I spent most of the day mucking out the filter in the big pond. It’s a long, dirty job which thankfully we only need to do every couple of [...]

some updates

Stuck between a rock wall and bamboo

The Great Wall of Tita is a success!  She has gone up her usual way several times but she can’t get beyond the spot where the bamboo fencing starts.

She’s trapped in the yard and we are very happy about it. We can now leave the [...]

do you hide ponds? you’re an addict.

I have a bit of an addiction to ponds, fish and water plants.  I know I’ve posted pictures of the hall pond, the garden pond and maybe even the little Betta pond, but have I mentioned that I also have a big, ugly, plastic, kiddy pond on the roof? Yea, I do.  It has [...]

pond proud

Finally! The first bloom from a night blooming lily.  I’ve had 2 other night blooming lilies but they both died, not sure why  they just never grew much and then disappeared.  This one was given to me by a local ponder Francisco and I am thrilled with the huge 6″ bloom.

almost ready [...]

Water lilies and Mollies

Foxfire

The outside pond is starting to come together as well. The water is clear as gin – I love that phrase – and the lilies are blooming. I’ve identified one positively, which is the one I most wanted so that’s cool. It’s called Foxfire and was developed by an online friend Craig [...]

returning from our unscheduled break

life in the fast lane

Sometimes life just gets in the way of a good internet addiction.  Or, the blogging juices dry up.  Or, anything you might want to write about you figure you probably shouldn’t.   I’ve had all of those things going this past two weeks.

I’ve also been really busy.  I’m [...]