Well, that didn’t take long! After setting up the pump/filter/UV lamp last weekend, the pond is completely clear and ready for another year – actually it was clear in less than a week, but rain put me off taking photos earlier!
After taking a picture every day last year, I have a “weather photo calendar”, so it’s interesting to compare 2010 with 2009. It’s felt like Spring is early this year, especially with the 88 degrees day (!) we had a few days ago; we restored the pump to the pond today, and coincidentally did it at the same time last year, but I should have done the pond last weekend (though we were away).
The plants definitely are further on this year – the Forsythia have opened and finished, while last year they were just opening; and compare Daffodils this year, with those from a week later last year …
2010:
2009, a week later:
A few more pictures from today … our house and the bush in the front garden:
The pond, and Fish – they know it’s Spring, they want lots of food:
It’s raining and windy tonight, but last weekend in the nice weather I tried to record the sounds of the garden – hope this works for you to listen to …
[audio:http://www.margaretandian.com/downloads/BirdSounds.mp3%5D
(click the play symbol to listen, or click here to download)
If you listen carefully near the end, you might hear Chloe “chatting” to the birds!
M&I / GBMINI 