My Soothing Waterfall & Pond!!!!

My soothing noise maker......I love the sound of the waterfall!!

When I am in the gazebo I can see and hear the falling water...The gazebo has a hanging chandlier and there are lights on the pond, so sometimes I am out there late at night enjoying my books, music and the waterfall!!!

I will also enjoy talking to my friend Carla, in WV as she is a night owl just like me...One of the nice perks of living in a small town....

You can see that fall is here and of course here in Minnesota the pond plants and fish must be brought inside so they don't freeze....
I have my tank set up and ready for the fish to be brought inside....The plants will be clipped back and then put into plastic bags and stored in a small room under the basement steps.....I drain the pond, catch the fish and then fill the pond back up and put a pool mattress into the pond and a blue tarp over that, to keep the fall & winter debris out of the pond....Dakota, my lovable Lab, will do you know what there, when it freezes and this keeps her off that area....It is just closer for her than going to the back yard....I

t looks so bare when the gazebo and pond are done for the summer...and it also brings thoughts of shoveling snow...My granddaughter's husband Kevin keeps my driveway plowed during the winter...such a nice guy!!!

My Gazebo That Brought Me So Much Pleasure!!!!

Next week I have to pack up everything that is in the Gazebo....store for the winter and then take all but the frame down and store it till next April, or if the weather was like it was this spring, till May....

I hope my ferns live inside, but I doubt they will....I know as soon as the fronds start to lose their leaves and make a mess they will end up outside to freeze....

It isn't even down yet and already I am missing it.....I spent many a morning having my coffee, reading and watching the birds...Had a beautiful flock of Orioles eating the grape jelly and orange halves, they brought me so much pleasure.....Well they have been gone for over a month now, the geese are flying south, nuts and leaves are falling, the nights are getting cooler...so time to part with this bit of pleasure for this year.....Till next year..