Summer Home for Fishy Fish
So I took "Schrodinger Contemplating His Cat" to the store today and signed it in among much mirth. "Hey, we might be able to actually sell this one!" Accordingly, I raised the price to ensure that it would not actually sell. Guess I'm still not into this selling a piece of your soul thing yet.
Anyhow, I went out into the county to scrounge around an old trash dump to search for interesting pieces of junk metal that could potentially be used in future pieces and when I drove back through town, Schrodinger's cat was sitting in the store window on display. Oh, boy!
The nice folks whose dump I visited are originally from Lancaster County, PA. Turns out we have a common acquaintance, Bill Leinbach. Bill uses old looms and traditional weaving materials to make really nice pieces. We have one of his table runners in our great room here in the mountains.
Anyhow, at these folks immaculate place (even the dump is nice!) they have a beautiful pond for koa fish. I had been thinking a building a smaller one as a summer home for Fishy Fish and so when I got back, I built it. Constructed into the side of the hill against one of the rock ledges that run under the house, it's about 4 feet wide and 6 feet long with a depth of about 1 foot. I lined it with wet newspapers (to protect against sharp rock edges) and some polyethylene sheeting (temporary until I can talk the CFO into a few bucks for a permanent black pond liner) just to make sure the thing would hold the water. So far, so good. In a few weeks maybe Fishy Fish will be resident.
Anyhow, I went out into the county to scrounge around an old trash dump to search for interesting pieces of junk metal that could potentially be used in future pieces and when I drove back through town, Schrodinger's cat was sitting in the store window on display. Oh, boy!
The nice folks whose dump I visited are originally from Lancaster County, PA. Turns out we have a common acquaintance, Bill Leinbach. Bill uses old looms and traditional weaving materials to make really nice pieces. We have one of his table runners in our great room here in the mountains.
Anyhow, at these folks immaculate place (even the dump is nice!) they have a beautiful pond for koa fish. I had been thinking a building a smaller one as a summer home for Fishy Fish and so when I got back, I built it. Constructed into the side of the hill against one of the rock ledges that run under the house, it's about 4 feet wide and 6 feet long with a depth of about 1 foot. I lined it with wet newspapers (to protect against sharp rock edges) and some polyethylene sheeting (temporary until I can talk the CFO into a few bucks for a permanent black pond liner) just to make sure the thing would hold the water. So far, so good. In a few weeks maybe Fishy Fish will be resident.
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