Some of you might recall, or have seen the Demon Pond on my website. The
pond has been up and running since 2000. Koi have been added, and some
without-consent goldfish. The pond is within a Demonstration Garden, open
free to the public. Volunteers who took the local Master Garden classes
maintain it. I use to do the filter and every other week take a turn at
feeding and trimming the lilies. Going back to work over 2 years ago made
me trim my time to filter maintenance only.

Even though there has been some vandalism to the garden, the pond has
lucked out except for having a few rocks tossed in. This summer though
someone managed to catch 3 koi and take a T.water lily. We know it wasn't a
bird, as it was just the 3 biggest, best looking koi, and what bird would
run off with a lily, pot an all? The lily wasn't even in the pond long
enough for my co-coordinator to see it there 2 days after I put it in!

Well I was ticked, I wrote a letter to the editor regarding the theft. And
though it didn't get our fish or flower back, the garden/pond picked up a
$150 donation from a caring individual.

Nice to know there are some caring, kind people out there amongst the
trolls.
~ jan