We have been very lucky here in Sarasota due to our placement on the peninsula...Hopefully that will continue to be the case...I lived through the after effects of hurricane HUGO on St. Croix and don't want to experience anything like that again...Seems nowhere is safe from natural disaster..When I ...

Did he identify himself yet? Sure looks like a tree frog but yes, he is large for one....

This makes me REALLY wish I could have koi...Absolutely stunning! It must be hypnotizing to watch him swim under the lights at night...Wow, the color is spectacular!

Lots of great info, thanks for posting it...I would love to have koi but I will have to settle for "the poor man's koi"

Thanks Kingy boy and no more cake till next Sunday when we head over to the kids house for more celebrating. Smart in my old aged to perfection years now as I only buy the single pieces of cake. One for me, one for hubby. Keeps me in shape or at least in a shape of some kind. Zee rulz come and zee ...

WetWork wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:42 am Third blooming of spider lilies? That's amazing! Mine are just putting on those big seeds and looking pretty droopy. I can't imagine they would ever bloom even twice.

I love the look of them (spider lilies) BS certainly has a green thumb to have a third round!

@rubyduby I'm very surprised that egret isn't taking any fish and also the snake! Hope it stays that way. I wish she would take some fish j.w....I am right at the limit...Between the waterfall, the aerator, the lilies and other plants, she can't see the fish very well...They know immediately to go ...

Very pretty @brokensword I tried labeling the ones I had a long time ago but I lost the tags somehow. Oh well they were all very pretty but now i just have the one kind in the frog pond as too hard to get them out and trimmed and divided in the fish pond.I will just enjoy yours and everyone's else'...

Gemma wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:30 pm That orange butterfly is beautiful! You should take more pics to show off your fish

I agree, she/he is absolutely beautiful! I can't imagine actually sitting by your pond and watching her meander about....mesmerizing....

The pics are beautiful of your flora and fauna brokensword...As for your imagination, well, it's definitely out there! LOL RUBY!!! How ya doin'? Fully functional and ready to kick some a...whoops! Sowwy, meant to respond to j.w and forgot who I was talkin' to! That is, ready to mix a new batch of m...

brokensword wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:37 pm

BEAUTIFUL!!! And that big golden butterfly koi is mesmerizing to watch swim...You certainly have created a paradise!

Me too been watering! 6 days of record high heat in the 90's temps here. Never have we ever in Western Washington had this many days of this high of heat in a row! No history ever recorded since they started recording. I watered 80 trees w/a sprinkler set to water 3 trees for an hour each Took two ...