A spitter, gazing ball or decorative stake.

Noooooo !!! Not the gazing ball !!!

Oh well, so much for me beating "mum nature" eh...

Theo

now wonders why we call nature "her", but wonders too much anyway ;-)

PS: on a more serious note: however much we think our ponds are "big", a bit
of rain show us that it's still a puddle...