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Chit Chat / Re: Joyce has surgery today

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:52:20 PM »

Joyce wishing you a speed recovery           lorraine

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Chit Chat / Re: 5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:46:54 PM »

you guys are great !!!! we all need a badunkadunk butt   lorraine

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Chit Chat / Re: Guess where I am. UPDATE

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:43:08 PM »

CONGRADULATIONS i thought my son was big at 8 10 lord she has toddlers....i'm glad it all worked out and it sounds like you have a beautiful family...lorraine

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: The journy of my pond....A very long journy

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:34:13 PM »

welcome....please post some pics...lorraine

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: Newbie needing input...photos enclosed

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:30:38 PM »

you and hubby have done a wonderful job...where in the world did u get all the rocks?? ....i love the whole thing it is going to be a place where you are at all of your spare time watching the fish..be sure and post more pics soon..lorraine

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: Taking Goldfish in for the winter

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:20:44 PM »

wow great idea and job...lorraine

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: WAKINS HERE! Photos of new family

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:19:09 PM »

o.k. u all are gonna make me buy some and i have too many fish as it is...hhhmmmm next summer project another pond......   ....oh they are gorgeous..i take pics of my fish everyday...can't help it...     lorraine

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Koi Corner / Re: Malaysian butterfly

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:12:11 PM »

if you pm him he will respond

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / lotus

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:11:08 PM »

does anyone have some varieties if lotus i can buy or should i wait till next year?? lorraine
i've seen sooo many beautiful ones from you'll and i want some

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Pond Chat / Re: Last but not least - a peachy lily

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:09:53 PM »

love it !!!!! lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: My New Website is Up!

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:09:00 PM »

wow i'm very impressed..they are gorgeous....maybe i will invest in one....lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: It bloomed

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:06:11 PM »

ok i'm gonna be stupid but i really don't know....how do u tell the difference between the hardies and tropicals....     lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: Complete beginner questions

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:24:02 AM »

welcome to out obsession !!!  i feed mine floating sticks they love them...every now and then i give them some treats...you can purchase them in fish food they like veggies and fruits...in winter stop feeding them...i have pea pebbles in the bottom of my pond and i have a fountain with pump,waterall with its own pump(not always on) and a bio-filter that splashes in the pond on its own pump..and they feed off the bottom also....just let nature do its thing as it evidently has already been doing before you moved in....you will have a blast on this sight and learn alot from its members..............       ....lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: Cleaning one of my lily ponds

« on: September 12, 2008, 05:18:47 AM »

wow beautiful and huge..you must have a good back to do all that....lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: the pond and hurricane Gustav

« on: September 11, 2008, 04:42:57 PM »

I'm so glad u got your lights on i know how u feel...i could have never made it in the horse and buggie era....after 5 days i was ill and hot and sweating all the time     ....cold showers then when u get out u can't get your clothes on cause your already sweating        my head was right by the window at night and i remember i woke up it was raining on me      and i didn't move i just fell back t sleep..now thats sick...    lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: More new fish

« on: September 11, 2008, 04:38:55 PM »

I just gave away my biggest koi and a small one and 12 comets and i looked in my pond at my fish and it doesn't look like i gave away any////when i was catching for gustav i realized i have too many...but gosh i can't help it...i love them....i want MORE MORE MORE...yours are beautiful i would take them alll....   lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: How do you hurricane-proof a pond?

« on: September 11, 2008, 04:34:42 PM »

I put everything away that would go airbourne and laid the plants on they're side that were tall...left the ones in the pond that floated..the pumps were on till the electricity went out....took out all the large fish and put them in a small pond with a generator and the little ones stayed in the big pond and didn't gasp anymore after i took the big ones out...i did take the plants out of the pond though when i started catching them after 3 days cause they were hard to catch....but other then that    thats all u can do and pray...make sure you bunch up your plants on your porch and take your bird feeders down and wind-chimes......lorraine    GOOD LUCK.....i went thru katrina and gustav...i'm sick of hurrican season also but we have 3 more      doggone months.....

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Pond Chat / Re: Has anyone seen Lorraine1960?

« on: September 10, 2008, 02:11:43 PM »

wow did you and yours do ok though??? i'm glad Ike is taking a dogleg turn..lorraine

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DIY Corner / WATERING CAN FOUNTAIN

« on: September 08, 2008, 03:55:47 PM »

i did the watering can fountain and i put a medium pump to it and it won't fill....do u think the pump has crapped out on me? or do i need a bigger one....has anyone else done this project?? lorraine

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Photo Album / Re: as requested pond pics.

« on: September 08, 2008, 03:54:03 PM »

WOW  I LOVE IT.YOU HAVE PUT ALOT OF WORK INTO THAT.........    LORRAINE

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Photo Album / Re: Pond in Olympia, Wa.

« on: September 08, 2008, 03:52:06 PM »

all i can say is GORGEOUS DAHLING GORGEOUS !!!! lorraine

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: The pond and some fish today - pictures

« on: September 08, 2008, 03:48:02 PM »

wow beautiful..love the fins and they look nice and fat.....lorraine 

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Pond Chat / Re: Has anyone seen Lorraine1960?

« on: September 07, 2008, 01:29:25 PM »

Hi i'm still here.boy i tell you my yard and others infact the whole subdivision looks like a warzone...100 trees alone fell in the sub. after 3 days w/o lights i found someone in the neighborhood who had a generator and a small pond in her sunroom so i pulled all the plants out of my pond and got serious about catching the big ones.they were gasping at the top of the water...i caught 3 buckets full then the smallest ones stayed and did o.k. i gave her my biggest koi plus about 10 other goldfish for keeping them alive.plus i waited in line for 1 1/2 hours for gas for her generator.but w/o her they would surely be dead....i have spent 3 days burning limbs and cleaning inside and out and helping neighbors with theres..we all came together ...fed each other and kept each other company for 5 days in the dark and heat....omg was it hot !!!! well now Ike i hope not....well thanks for thinking of me ..i have gotten my fish back minus the ones i said and they are happy...now just waiting for the pond to clear...we had 90+ winds and it was scary.....lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: please i need all your prayers

« on: August 30, 2008, 05:16:16 PM »

thanks everyone and iam preparing        and i will get out..thanksl lorraine

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Terrestrial Gardening / land plant pics

« on: August 30, 2008, 04:16:09 PM »

i don't know what the first pic is i think its a lily... sure is bright and pretty 2nd one is my shrimp plant,3rd canna,4th bluebell..lorraine

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Photo Album / todays pics

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:58:49 PM »

here r my pics for today...i'm sure it won't look like this after gustav.... :'(  lorraine

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: looking for shubunkins

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:49:16 PM »

yes but it just scares me when i buy elsewhere....i guess i can quarantine them for 10 days...thanks ..lorraine

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: pics of the canna lilys and bluebells and a couple pond flowers

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:47:39 PM »

violet stem taro would be fine...give me your address and i will send you some....lorraine

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Pond Chat / please i need all your prayers

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:41:42 PM »

 I am in baton rouge louisiana which is 80 miles from new orleans and 1.5 hrs from biloxi and it looks like we are going to get hit really hard                :'(   ....i am preparing best i can but i have 8 cats and a dog and a son and we r staying in my mobile home until it gets bad then we are going to my neighbors in a house (all of us) but pray for us all and hope we will be on here when its all over.....thanks    lorraine

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Pond Chat / Re: D.I.Y. Skimmer

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:37:42 PM »

very ingenius......i love it.....;.another thing i can sreal...what is the box?? is it just a container with a lid or a battery box and cover??? lorraine..