Thank God Almighty

It is done. Sort of. The rock hauling is done. That is the most important thing. No more rubber liner is visible unless you get in close and look for it. The pond scum maintenance technician is the only person likely to do that.

The skimmer still needs to disappear. I found out this evening there is a $200 fake rock made to cover it. I will be opting for fake. I won't be lifting heavy rocks off this thing every week to clean the filters. I am so over that.

The filter falls still needs to disappear. There is no fake rock sized to fit this. One is very close. With a real rock assist, that will just have to do. The filters in there will need cleaning once a week as well. The pond scum maintenance technician is getting old and weary.

But the Almighty Falls is done. The rest is details.

Frogs have already moved in and the pond scum has started to grow. I am sure the salamanders and crawdads are quite happy their home is finally back in order.

It is done and I am not injured or incapacitated. Thank God Almighty!

Let's hope the pond scum maintenance technician is just as lucky over the years climbing up and down this thing keeping it free of debris.

Tomorrow there will be another Almighty flush of the pond.

The planting around the falls inside the bowl of the old walls will be done. Two baby Darmera peltata that so kindly self sowed at the Twin Falls Pond will be moving. The pond itself will get some plants. I have three other ponds to weed from.

It will be a start. I expect it to take until the second spring for the greenery around the Almighty Falls to really soften up this monumental pile of rocks.