Country Escape's 2nd pond - Goldfish only

[sissy]

Hardest thing is to loose them that way and i cannot live without dogs in my life so I rescued king arthur ,my pitbull and pee wee was bought at hillsville flea market and was there with a rescue group that was adopting out animals from a puppy mill and when I saw the dot on his head I fell in love and then he was born the exact day by there papers they took from the mill as the day my dog hunter died .So he came home with me and if it was not for him my husband would have died Nov. 2 nd last year of a heart attack .Pee wee was in the bedroom having a fit of yelping and barking and I had known my hubby went in there to shower and shave and I went in to get him and found my hubby .They then had to bring him back 5 times and put a stent in ,so pee wee is my tiny hero .

 

[callingcolleen1]

I just love my puppies (8 years old now!) and could not live without puppies. They will always be puppies cause they were Sadie's puppies! Sadies is passed away now, but still call them puppies, it's like if you have children, you always call them children cause they are your children, no matter how old.

I will always have puppies to love, cause puppies make my world go round!

 

[CountryEscape]

What an absolutely gorgeous day I had today! I worked outside all day, and my body was screaming by the time I came inside just before 7 to have something to eat ... had not eaten all day, which is normal for me when I get busy outside.
Took some fish pics. These are what I've referred to as my "blue" Shubunkins. The large one I think is a male from Pond Kid, VERY long tail, very pretty. The other two are ones I bought at Wal-Mart a year ago Dec., and put in the pond last year April. They have grown a lot and have not changed their color pattern at all, which is what I was hoping for.

Then this is the same bluish background with red and black specks, therefore his/her name is "Speck". It's a fantail I got same time as the above fish. Again, I'm trying to get some tri-colored fish that retain all 3 colors as they grow up.

Other goldfish, the first pic is one of the original fish when I originally bought the 55 gal aquarium that came with some goldfish. The other pics are of the goldfish happy as can be in this warm weather, pond temps were close to 60 this afternoon.

I counted at least 10 separate frogs at one time, but this pic was cute, one in the water, one up on the rock above him.

I just noticed this large (about 7" or so) Comet has developed 3 bumps on the side of it's head. Anyone know what may be causing this? It seems to swim and act perfectly normal.

And, lastly, I'm hoping Adavisus is watching this thread, and can tell me if I can remain hopeful for my Golden Club to emerge yet.

The root or crown or whatever it's called seems to be firm, not smooshy or anything, but nothing is growing yet. It's under the water, about 4-5" deep. However, besides the last 3 days, we previously had temps in the 40's daytime and down to the 20's last week night time temps. So, maybe it just needs more days of warmth and consistent warm water to start growing, I'm hoping.

 

[Fishylove]

Great pics CE! Had frogs here sunning themselfs too. It WAS a gorgeous day! I have so much to do idk where to start first! Lol Slowly but surely I'm coming out if hibernation cold weather dont like me and I Don't like it! The warmth feels good on me bones

 

[callingcolleen1]

I remember when we had nice warm weather last week, but this is this week. We have below normal tempertures and winter has returned, no ice in ponds that I can see, but only 14 degrees freezing right now!

 

[CountryEscape]

I'm going to separate my water lilies, and have done my best to mark which pot is what color. If anyone else besides BrandonsDad and Cheesy Fellow want some, please PM me. I can't remember if anyone else said they would like them but never PMd me, but that's my way of remembering. I charge only what the postage is to send them. The lilies are free. I also have Water Parsley/Celery that is green/pink/white varigated, if anyone wants any of that for your bog areas. It does spread pretty fast, but is low growing and very pretty, good for with other taller plants. Water clover has not come back yet. Penny Wart is just starting to hit the surface, so have some of them to send as tiny babies, but they are very hardy, too. I will be sending plants Priority mail either tomorrow or Wed., depending on when I get them separated and ready to ship.
Patti

 

[callingcolleen1]

Awe that is darn nice of you Patti! Too bad I live in Canada, but I am sure you will find good homes for all those lillys!

 

[j.w]

CE all those fish of yours are real beauties and that white and oj one w/ the long fins almost looks like a Butterfly koi its fins are so long!
I can sure see why you would be out there doing the divisions on the water lilies today where you are as it says its almost up to 70 there. We are not so fortunate here these past few days :sad:

 

[CountryEscape]

Well, thanks ladies. I didn't get the lilies pulled yet. Going to do that tomorrow after work, rain or shine. I want to get some of them shipped off by Wed. a.m. I went ahead and put an ad in Classifieds, too, but for 2 weeks from now, when I'm back from a trip to AZ, help my sister after her partial knee replacement scheduled for Thurs. Her hubby is in WI where he got transferred to, so their "early retirement" move to AZ was short lived and now they are relocating back in WI. She will move, too, as soon as their house sells.

 

[addy1]

at least the market in arizona is on the up swing, our house there has gone up by about 27 % since the housing nose dive.

 

[callingcolleen1]

And lots of hot sun down in Arizona! I just love the way they zeroscape their gardens, all rocks and drought tolerant plants. You can do much with rocks and drought tolerant plants and make a very appealing curb!

 

[CometKeith]

Hey CE, put me on the list for lilies. I pm'd you last fall about them. I put my lilies in my garage but they look like they have mold on them and no buds so I am not optimistic they survived. We are still cold up here. We had a few days in the 60's and then it got cold again.

 

[CountryEscape]

Keith, I'm wondering why you put your lilies in the garage? I leave mine in the ponds. As long as the ice doesn't get down to the pot, they are fine. Even mine on the shelves the top of the pot is only about 8" from the top of the water, and no problem ... well not these last 2 winters anyhow. But, no worries, I'll restock you when I get back from AZ! I'll hopefully have another pot of peach (if they are alive, it's a HUGELY full pot, but no sprouts yet, so I'm concerned ..) and pink and white and ... not sure what several of the pots are. LOL But, I'll send you several!

 

[addy1]

if she runs out I have a ton of lilies. One of my bright pinks jumped the pot huge tuber to get rid of. I need to remove some.
Once I can get my arms in the cold water.............burrrrrrrrr

 

[callingcolleen1]

Keith, put thoses lillys where they get lots and lots of sun, and very very shallow water for now and see if something comes back. Sometimes they will still have some life left.....