Thanks, Colman, I loved this diary and your photos.  Do you have trouble with critters going after your fish?  We have that trouble here.  There were a ton of fish in the pond when we moved in, and it's been nothing but carnage since -- cranes standing right in the pond and eating the fish like popcorn;  raccoons hurling the rocks out and leaving what looks like the set of a fish horror film behind;  cats taking the odd swipe -- we're down to two fish which seem to be survivors.  

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes