What does your pond look like ... Today?

[Troutredds]

This Great Golden Digger Wasp has dug a home in our gravel. It’s a large ground wasp (as big as my finger), but luckily not too aggressive. It’s fascinating to watch her move rocks bigger than marbles in her big jaws.

 

[j.w]

@Troutredds Nice you leave the wasp to do it's thing and your pond looks fantastic. What's the umbrella for..........in case the frogs wanna get outta the heat,lol!

 

[Troutredds]

@Troutredds Nice you leave the wasp to do it's thing and your pond looks fantastic. What's the umbrella for..........in case the frogs wanna get outta the heat,lol!

The umbrella shelters our pump a bit from the elements. Frogs and spiders are welcome but the pump vibration seems to keep them away.

 

[addy1]

Neat looking wasp!

 

[RadarContact1]

Pond now has a small freestanding skimmer setup and an aerator on the bottom, but don’t have any pics yet. Still have some tweaking to do, but this is about two weeks ago (first week in August, 2019 in super-hot Florida Panhandle).
Funny, each of these pics has something in it that indicates a “work in progress”... but that’s how they go, right? This pond started in 2003 and is STILL a work in progress! Lol

 

[RadarContact1]

Beautifully done! Very natural looking.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

This Great Golden Digger Wasp has dug a home in our gravel. It’s a large ground wasp (as big as my finger), but luckily not too aggressive. It’s fascinating to watch her move rocks bigger than marbles in her big jaws.

My favorite wasp. They love Butterflyweed.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Actually, I just photographed this one giving a wave.

 

[Troutredds]

Actually, I just photographed this one giving a wave.

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Very cool!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Here's the pond.

and here's one of about 20 frogs that have recently moved in.

 

[addy1]

Just love this lily, it is large, around 8 inches, been blooming a lot, new buds coming up right now and huge pads. It is in my 1000 gallon stock tank pond.

No clue where it came from.............

My small stream pond, shallow, this lily survives the freezing of winter, no clue how.

 

[addy1]

My lilies are slowing down, but to my surprise this bloom showed up.

 

[j.w]

@addy1 Wow and you thought they had all disappeared!

 

[addy1]

@addy1 Wow and you thought they had all disappeared!

I know one died, totally, the other must be coming back. I was surprised

 

[JBtheExplorer]

A big bullfrog moved in last night. One of the biggest I've had.