no myspace...so here i am:-)

[dreams]

this is me...kinda small, but all i have on here....sorry 'bout that......i am 42 stay at home mom w/ 3 greats kiddos and am married to my best friend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/jazzy-junk/wendylee.jpg

i love to garden & being outside, in general....but, i am not a camping kinda gal....more like a sitting on the beach and watching waves kinda gal.....here is my little garden/pond i put in last year

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/jazzy-junk/Picture656.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/jazzy-junk/Picture416.jpg

we love animals....seems we are always adopting some pet someone thought they wanted.....too many pets, not enough room....anyways, this is my baby.....my little peke......truman

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/jazzy-junk/me009.jpg

things i am passionate about.....politics, gardening, my tank, spirituality & learning....politically i am about as far left as you can get.......i am always willing to learn something new....spiritually i am stuck between an atheist and an agnostic, lol

well, that's me...now you know a tad about me

anything anyone wants to share about themselves?

[fat walrus]

nice garden, cute dog, and beautiful you. thanks for sharing.

[CarmieJo]

Wendy,

That is a beautiful garden. I think you and I may be a little older than the usual My Space crowd. :)

[Scott]

Wendy, nice garden. Do you have Koi in the pond?

[kj_yoda]

Wendy, nice guarden. Good luck with all the animals, I 'm sure there are a lot of people around here that have a plethera of animals.

[dreams]

thanks all!

carmie, i know....some times i feel like the old lady of the group....lol.....but then i remind myself...with age comes wisdom:-)

scott, no fish....i am sure it is too small for koi....i have no clue how many gallons are in there.....i just started digging a hole & when it looked right i stopped.....thinking about some goldfish, but even they can get huge

[V]

HEY i have seen those upside down dogs before, u breed them like that dont u?lol

[Scott]

Wendy, that'd be pretty neat to even have some gold fish in there over the warm months.

Veriann....LOL...breeding upside down dogs.....too funny!

[pham411]

no fish in your pond? heres an idea. put some guppies in the water with some lilys. hopefully the pump dont suck up the guppies and in appreciation for a great new home, the guppies will eat any mosquitos larva in the water. the lilys should provide enough oxygen for the guppys

[V]

lillies can prove cover/shelter for the fish also, birds are a pain in the neck for outside fish with nowhere to go! drain guard will handle anything from getting sucked into the pump vortex. i love drain guard, u can use it everywhere

[dreams]

LOL...upsidedown doggies=no muddy footprints trracked through the house:-)

you know, maybe i'll some fish a shot....i just worry about them being okay

[gwen_o_lyn]

Buuuteeful garden Wendy!! I can tell you put lots of hard work into that!

This is much better than myspace- I didn't have to make up a user name and password to get in! I'm likin' it Wendy!

[dreams]

thank you gwen!

LOL....i did notice you had to join to see some pages.....i always thought you browse freely, guess not

[pham411]

lillies can prove cover/shelter for the fish also, birds are a pain in the neck for outside fish with nowhere to go! drain guard will handle anything from getting sucked into the pump vortex. i love drain guard, u can use it everywhere

drain gard, good idear!

[JustDavidP]

Nice Gardens! Here's a shot of my pond

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/JustDavidP/ShanePond.jpg

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d907b3127cce9b5f734cc28d00000016108DcuHDZi10

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d907b3127cce9b5f734343b200000016108DcuHDZi10

[dreams]

nice david, very nice....good looking kiddo, too:-)

[fat walrus]

nice david, very nice....good looking kiddo, too:-)
you mean that isn't david? :D

[JustDavidP]

It's a Mini-Me :)

[fat walrus]

:rotfl: where's number two?

[CarmieJo]

Dave,

Pretty pond and great images!

[gwen_o_lyn]

Nice pond David, and your little frag is adorable!!

[V]

does it get cold enough where u are to pose a problem dav?

if the pond is only small in width, i found a trip to the camping store to pick up flex poles to spead/bend over the pond with sheet plastic provides extra walmth during the colder months

[Amphibious]

dreams,

Beautiful, very nicely done pond and garden. Hmmmm, dreams beautiful, too! :agree: Husband smart to be dreams' best friend. And then there's this....
carmie, i know....some times i feel like the old lady of the group....lol.....but then i remind myself...with age comes wisdom:-)
Ahh yes, dreams, with age comes wisdom but, if at 42 you are the old lady of the group then, at 68, I'm the petrified old Master filled with wisdom to bestow upon the young and my youth is but a fond memory. :rotfl:


JustDavidP,

Fine looking frag you got there, David. Pond looks great.


I'm not sure you've seen my pond here on TR so here it is. We had it dug out to use the soil for raising the foundation of the house above flood level. http://www.theculturedreef.com/12A91C~1.GIF Two years ago when hurricanes Frances and Jean blew through here our neighbor had flood waters lapping at their foundation. Our property was flooded too but, the house was high and dry about two feet above the water.

It's not beautiful in the sense of landscaping but it draws some neat critters.

http://www.theculturedreef.com/White-Herron-2.jpg

Here's a great white heron, the great blues come in too.

http://www.theculturedreef.com/Croc-3.jpg

And, what would FL be without our alligators.

http://www.theculturedreef.com/Dec-House4.jpg

Here's the picture from the patio door to the pond out back.

Ya'll come on down and sit a spell. We'll cook up a mean BBQ and tap a coolie for ya.

Dick

[dreams]

LOL!...thanks dick!

wow!.....dick, that is absolutely beautiful....i love that it is all natural.....i get excited when i see a dragonfly here;)

and, i love the pool are, where you can see everything

wonderful, absolutely wonderful:)

[fat walrus]

wow amphibious! you are the man! if ever the chance arrive, may i jump into your pool? :o :D

[Amphibious]

Hahaha, Well of course. Any of TR friends that find themselves in FL are welcome to stop by for a few days of RR. You can go "splish splash" in the pool, we'll BBQ on the grill and tip a coolie together.

That shot of the pool was taken before we moved in. We now have patio furniture, plants and a mermaid by the pool. I'd post a pic of the mermaid but don't want to cause a stir amoung'st those that oppose bare breasted artwork. :eek: Oh my, what's that over their? :cool: :o :rotfl: My sister-in-law actually asked me to put a bikini top on her when her and the family came. Her reason was, because her teenage son David (13) was beginning to notice "those kind of things". I said to her, "Thank God he is". Reluctantly, we covered her. David and I were on the patio alone and I asked him, "What do you think of our Mermaid"? He asked, "Why does she have a bikini on"? I told him his mother insisted. He did this :roll: !!! My wife and I decided no more bikini top for the Mermaid.

I did offer an invite in the post above. That was serious. If you are coming to FL gives us a shout and stop by. Hey, I got an idea, I could host the very first TR sponsored frag trading, coolie swigging, BBQing pool party. How does that sound, Rob?:yes:

Dick

[CarmieJo]

Sounds like a plan to me :). My 17 year old, who has only had his license a month, told me last night that he thought he'd jump in the car and run down to Miami to see a friend. Miami is probably 900 miles from Raleigh. Talk about testing the boundaries!!! My husband is away on a business trip and so I had to be the bearer of bad news, "NO way Jose!"

[fat walrus]

hey Amphibious, what size bikini does your mermaid take? hehe.....just curious.......and maybe desparate.....lol.

[JustDavidP]

I know it seems as if I just 'dissapeared' and well.. I sort of did. :) In any case, a dollar short...day late..but I'm getting back to my posts.

No.. I have no problems with cold weather Veriann. Koi and goldfish are "cold fish" originating from areas that do, in fact, get below freezing. My pond is 3 feet deep and when the weather gets below 50F, the fish go into a hibernation or suspended animation. They do not eat, and merely hover at the bottom of the pond and wait for Spring. I've never lost a fish in the pond. I've lost fish OUT OF THE POND to birds, snakes etc. but they always winter over.

The poor frogs...do not! Blech!

Dave