Our new house came with a fountain in the backyard. It wasn't in the best shape when we moved in, but we definitely saw the potential. Like many things with this house, it's been on our to do list for quite some time. The early arrival of Emmeline, plus a few other events helped in the set back of getting things accomplished on said list.
It was full of leaves and dirt and gross. It was stinky and disgusting. And in much need of some improvement . . .
In the meantime, it served as a playground of sorts for Ivy and Winnie. They loved running up and down all the rocks. The first time I saw them on top of the fountain, I was so worried that they would fall into all of that gross water. So far, so good.
Jeremy has diligently been working on the fountain in his very limited spare time over the past couple of weeks.
Winnie has been helping him out- offering her input and guidance, as he worked through some issues with the fountain set up.
Several trips to the pool store, Home Depot and Lowes, a little bit of trial and error, lots of new pipe, 2 coats of pool paint, hours of sweaty manual labor by Jeremy . . . and I'm excited to announce, we have flowing water in our beautiful fountain!!!!
Here's our pool boy . . . oh, no, wait . . . that's just Jeremy! We are currently taking applications for a pool/ fountain boy. It takes a lot to keep the leaves out. The pay isn't terribly high, but the fringe benefits are amazing!
And does Winnie look guilty? Like maybe she took a big swig of fountain water? Ah, yes- a new worry for me. Win will consume large amounts of chlorinated water . . .
I'm so excited about the fountain! It looks so pretty all lit up at night. We still have some work to do on improving the backyard in general, but we are well on our way with the beautiful fountain. Way to go, Jeremy!
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