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Finally beat back the pond's blanket weed, at least for now. Wound up hand harvesting it with a plastic snow shovel. Boy, it made a mess of the water. Ran the filter on backwash for most of a day and had to replace the filter media in it the following day. Also seeded the water afterwords with...

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Brookies are native to NY -- They were decimated first by road construction and then acid rain. They are making a small comeback though and DEC is hard at work helping them along. The native brookies were really great game fish at one time.

Today, (about 2AM) Linda and I returned from a road trip that was originally figured to last a day. What began as a breakfast in Vermont ended in walks on Long and Short Sands Beaches in the Wells Maine area. How did it happen? I do not really know, it just did. We had the two dogs with us so...

Not signing ... Not against the tariffs at this point in time. I have watched to many local industries move because of various regulations that can be avoided by doing so. Tariffs can be a legitimate offset. I was once intimately involved in the process. The company I worked for owned the...

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I love watching the rainbows. They are like large mouth bass -- thunder on the water. We often feed them last and slowly to enjoy the action. Put small gnats in the tank after a recent hatch and the action was superb. I thought they might knock the cover from its moorings.

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Removed a snapping turtle from the bog and moved it to a local pond with a similar population. Then went to the bank and withdrew casino money. Thursday is Linda's birthday, and I will take her to Riverside Casino tomorrow where she will most likely play slots while I test my skill at the...

The snapping turtle I removed from the bog this morning thought about this years and some of last years pond fish me thinks based on the predation that has happened iat the pond recently. He was captured and was charged with murder. He was also charged with assault when he attacked the yard...

We are living on quick cool meals the past few days because we enjoy "dining" in the pond house and it is terribly hot. Rolled cold cuts with cheese, wraps, and boiled hot dogs. I pulled the one eye burner from the RV and put it on the pond house porch to boil hot dogs, Cooking inside heats the...

Nope -- I try really hard to not look back and woulda, couldas. Plenty right here in the here n now -- including fish for my tanks.

Pretty hot here past few days and more to come this week. The fish room is temp not an issue although I do notice the A/C in that area is having difficulty removing humidity which made my comfort touchy. Solution -- We added a dehumidifier which makes human comfort better. I doubt the fish cared...

Forgot the photo of the masterpiece -- Getting ready --- Only a small table needed at the pit and we all fit in the pond house for food. That is Buster supervising seating arrangements at the pit.