Month: June 2014

Gets better looking every day.  Almost every hour.  Water lilies are the bees knees.  I can see why artists so want to capture them.

I swear the fish like them too.  We’ll see.

About 90 lily pads today.   Eye candy.

Our first water lily blossom ever.  And about 68 lily pads counted this am.

 

59 water lily  pads counted this morning, plus one bud, which for two days now has been half poking out of the water.

Saw under water on the west side of the pond, shoots from new plants, a few inches under the water’s surface.

And saw small bluegills cruising through the sandy spots, about 3″,  just above the bottom.

43 water lily pads visible this morning. 44 this evening.  Last night, when visibility was better, I could see lots of newly planted lilies under the water – making their way toward the surface. Soon.

In another week, when it looks as if all of the lilies planted this year have shown themselves – I’ll make a final 2014 purchase, planting them where there aren’t any.

Also, last night in the early evening, there were 3-4 small schools of fish, in the shallows, working through the lily pads, just a few inches over the bottom. Caught in the last of the sunlight.  Beautiful.