It's still a clean pond!

Today I planted (and I use the term loosely) a water lily in my pond. I will say the contrast between the beauty of a lily's bloom and the muck the roots live in, is well, huge. And muck is gilding the lily, no pun intended.

I had to clean out the pond before I could plant though. The water hyacinths and water lettuce have multiplied many times over the last month. I tried giving babies away, but I'm running out of neighbors with ponds. So, I had to sacrifice some. There was simply no surface area for the lily pads. And it was getting hard to see the fish too. And fish, after all, is what the pond is all about.

So, tonight, the fish can see the moon and I can see the fish. And all is right with the world.