Reflections On a Pond

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A Quiet Moment

Just a whisper of the wind in the cool air,
While walking the country side, so fair,
As winds blew leaves of silver and gold,
The old trees cracked, while standing,
So bright and bold.
I came to a pond, all clear and blue,
Swans swimming, near water lilies through,
As I sit close to the water with fresh air all around,
The calmness was still, not even a sound.
I looked at my reflection, floating there,
With sunlight glowing around my face and hair.
As water flowing over rocks hidden in the sand,
I felt the cool, as water rolled over my hand.
The country so green, flowers blooming astray,
The contentment feeling, overwhelmed, as I walked away.

 Carolyn Thomas Langston

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Tuesday was a BEAUTIFUL warm sunny day

here on the farm.

I wasn't about to spend my day inside so after

lunch I headed out to work in the yard.

It was warm enough to go without a jacket

so I rolled up my sleeves and started to sweep up

the 12x40 foot slab that was the workshop

floor in the 40X180 foot building

that was sold and removed this winter.

We have already buried nearly half of the concrete

footing that the walls of the building sat on...thank

goodness it didn't have a concrete floor throughout!

I've been thinking a lot about what to do 

with all that land we've gained 

where the building sat. 

DH's plan was to level it and plant grass.

I do the mowing.

Hmmm what about a pond!

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Not your typical back yard pond...

...a FARM POND!

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I brought up my idea to DH and he

likes the idea..wow! 

So now in my spare time I am

going to look up as much

information as I can on the building

and maintaining of a pond.

Ours would not be as large

as most of these 

but large enough to make

us happy and that's

all that matters.

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We may find that the layout of

our land where we'd like to put the pond

won't work so if that's the case

we'll have to forget it.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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DH was going to break up and bury

the concrete floor that's left.

I had another idea.

What about building a tiny 'cabin' with a front

porch that we could use as a garden/tool shed

It's central to the farm so no more walking 

from one end of the farm to the other to get

and put away tools!

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The best part is...it would be right next to

the pond.

Since the slab is so large I thought...

what about building a pergola for 

the picnic table to sit under? 

We could plant Wisteria and train

it to grow over the supports ;-)

The concrete slab is plenty big enough for

all of that.

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He likes my ideas.

Can you picture sitting on a little covered porch 

under the trees beside a beautiful pond

with coffee in hand watching the sun rise

over the fields and pond.

It just so happens that we would be 

facing east ;-)

So...if the land topography

works...we may just have a

pond to relax by one day.

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For now I will look up all the

information I can find...hope for the best

and do a little 'reflecting' on a pond.

I hope your day is a good one.

Maura :)