Saturday Ponding

So evidently I am going to get into the blogging thing. Today, Lorna, Reed and I went on the 2007 Austin Pond Society Pond Tour. While it was a bit rainy, for the most part is was awesome pond-hopping! For those unassociated with garden tours or the hybrid of a pond tour, you pay $$$ to the society that is donated to charity and get a map and admission to see other people's beautiful gardens and ponds. Lorna and I have been doing this particular tour for about seven or eight years. Each year there are new ponds to be seen. Reed went with us today for the ones that were fairly close to home. He is such a ham, wanting to have his picture taken at each stop and with one couple's dog, Mr. Wiggles no less.

Some of these people have really elaborate ponds and gardens. Some pay others to install, but for a lot of them, ponding is their hobby and they really get into it. I feel very inadequate with my pond when I go see what a lot of these ponds look like. Despite pouring down rain during a couple of visits and some marital strife with directions and driving in the Wells Branch area, we fared well and had a good time. Today was only the north side of town with 16 ponds to visit and tomorrow there are 14 on the south side of town. If you live close to Austin, this is a really fun event to do with your sweetie ---- just be clear about who is giving directions and avoid the cranky Wells Branch area as that seems to be where we always get cross ways every year.

Tim-