Cricket, tell me about the hurricanes. We live in Lumberton, Texas which is just above Beaumont. We rode out Rita and Ike, both made landfall at night which somehow made it worse. You could hear the trees falling but you couldn't see anything. The house is almost finished being repaired from Ike now and I plan on starting the pond very soon, as soon as I finish a little more trim work, we both needed a short break from non stop household work. I have been picking people's brains here and have been making plans to do it. I want our back yard to be our haven, a special place.
I like your pond and hope that we both dodge the bullet this year as far as hurricanes are concerned, we do need a break.