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Replacing a giant hole...with another giant hole

You may remember back in November when I went back to Florida to visit The Family, and we extracted numerous giant pygmy palms from the front of The House, because The Mom tends to plant things that get too big there. The story gets better. And I didn't think that was possible.

On a whim a few weeks ago, The Mom bought a bunch of koi. Yes, koi. These things:


She bought them for no reason other than they were for sale at a plant sale.

So, now she has koi. But no koi pond. Had no plans to build one. Didn't have one to start. Fortunately for her, she has a part-time landscaper living with her right now (that's an interesting story). So he's building her a koi pond with some help from The Dad, in exchange for free housing. He is joining koi clubs as part of this operation, he has attended seminars, he has shopped around for the best deals. And then they broke ground.

I wish we had known this then...so we didn't have to fill in the holes created by the trees. They are recreating all the work we had undone!

I am afraid to go back to visit. I don't know what's going to happen next there.

posted by Steph @ 8:53 AM