On May 10 the boys excitedly marched to the pond - this was the first time that the pond was ever swam in! Aunt Rachel was brave and swam with the boys. (Take in the fresh green grass!)
Adam thought of making a rock wall for jumping into the pond and it was an automatic hit.
At first the sound of Canada geese landing in the pond made my heart swell but soon they invited too many of their friends and the pond became a battle ground. Not only did they poop everywhere, but they hissed at each other and us! We needed to do something and quick...
Adam picked up this scary looking coyote and staked it by the pond.
The boys didn't know about this, so when they came home from school I waited a bit and then shouted, "there's a coyote by the pond!! Boys- do something!"
They quickly ran to the windows and Andrew burst into tears. I was mean and kept on going with the joke. The boys talked excitedly amongst each other. They finally decided to call a brave man. Their dad. Nate's fingers shook as he was dialing Adam's phone number and his voice rose with excitement.
Adam came running out of the barn and faced this ferocious coyote head on. He jumped on it and tackled it to the ground. The boys eyes were round with wonder and their mouths hung opened. What just happened?! I laughed and laughed. They did not see the humour of it.
This ferocious coyote did not do it's job so Adam "resorted" to plan B.
We do not have anymore Canada geese in the pond...
But now we have another problem. The water just kept on draining no matter how much we pumped water in from the back stream. Adam found two spots were he thought that it was leaking but now the stream is dry and we can't pump more water in. The jumping rock has become more dangerous. Diving is absolutely forbidden. Cannon balls are recommended if you are tall. If you are short, you should be okay. The water level should be covering the small rocks along the edge but with this drought we might have to wait until next year. We need rain and lots of it.
We love having a pond and the boys can't get enough playtime in there.
The coyote part cracks me up. Way too funny. The pond looks great! What a lot of fun you will have. . . and hopefully we will all get rain soon. We are getting a bit today over here . . . but we need LOTS more.
ReplyDeleteWe're praying for rain too! Your pond looks like so much fun still though; a beach in the backyard. :) The coyote stunt made me laugh! I can imagine what the boys were thinking when Adam tackled the beast. Haha!
ReplyDeleteHi Kerri- looks like so much fun for the boys and you. One suggestion in keeping the geese away-a plastic crocodile floating in the water or on the edge(according to my hunting hubby). Have fun and hope it rains soon for you.
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I can hear you laughing...and laughing...and laughing!
ReplyDeleteyou are such a laugh, Kerri. :)
ReplyDeletegreat pond!! can't wait to come visit. Hope you are feeling well!!
love cj
I love it, Kerri! Looks like a great backyard! And I also loved the coyote story. :)
ReplyDeleteby the way, I can relate to your disgust with the flies in your post above! Awful!
I laughed when I saw "plan B" :) We've had men actually hunt geese from our pond but I think they were only successful once. The geese seem to know when there are hunters around!
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ReplyDeleteIn the 2nd last photo, thats my brother Jo on the yellow kayak!
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