Old Rag Reflection
The pond has a fountain in it and that causes ripples so that it's hard to get a nice clear reflection of Old Rag like this. But yesterday I had the fountain down so I could pull it out and clean it and the filters of pond scum. It should be a relatively easy procedure taking about an hour and a half. But "should be" and actuality are two vastly different realities. Yesterday's misadventures began like this: The fountain is held in the middle of the pond by two ropes tied off on metal posts on opposite sides of the pond. One side has double the rope so all I have to do is pull it straight across and then pull it back when finished. This time the pump got snagged on something so I gave two or three really hard tugs, not realizing that it was snagged at the opposite side and what happened then was I actually broke the post it was connected to and the post and rope both got pulled about 3 feet out into the water. Spent 30 minutes trying to recover it and figuring out how to redo the post in the ground. Then I started taking it all apart in preparation for cleaning. I disconnected the filters which are about the size of a football or bigger. Then I was working on taking out the screws that hold the motor assembly together when I heard this soft swishing and plopping noise. Turning I saw the filter rolling down the hill and into the water. Took another 30 minutes to figure out how to fish it out without going in the water myself! Three hours later and numerous other small "issues" and the fountain, pump and all are back in the water and up and running and I have completed about 10 good laps around the pond! ha ha.... yes, it's a simple and easy 1 1/2 hour procedure! Almost never........
Old Rag Reflection
The pond has a fountain in it and that causes ripples so that it's hard to get a nice clear reflection of Old Rag like this. But yesterday I had the fountain down so I could pull it out and clean it and the filters of pond scum. It should be a relatively easy procedure taking about an hour and a half. But "should be" and actuality are two vastly different realities. Yesterday's misadventures began like this: The fountain is held in the middle of the pond by two ropes tied off on metal posts on opposite sides of the pond. One side has double the rope so all I have to do is pull it straight across and then pull it back when finished. This time the pump got snagged on something so I gave two or three really hard tugs, not realizing that it was snagged at the opposite side and what happened then was I actually broke the post it was connected to and the post and rope both got pulled about 3 feet out into the water. Spent 30 minutes trying to recover it and figuring out how to redo the post in the ground. Then I started taking it all apart in preparation for cleaning. I disconnected the filters which are about the size of a football or bigger. Then I was working on taking out the screws that hold the motor assembly together when I heard this soft swishing and plopping noise. Turning I saw the filter rolling down the hill and into the water. Took another 30 minutes to figure out how to fish it out without going in the water myself! Three hours later and numerous other small "issues" and the fountain, pump and all are back in the water and up and running and I have completed about 10 good laps around the pond! ha ha.... yes, it's a simple and easy 1 1/2 hour procedure! Almost never........