For This week after the snow stopped I started working on a post for my blog. It’s a project that makes a small patio pond. I made this for my parents, at menards when my dad had to go for light bulbs during the lockdown, I made my move. I went with him to the store and bought a rubber feeder tub for horses and a small pond pump as he bought lightbulbs. Because of the lock down we couldn't get any plants to hide the side of the pond just yet but that will be a project for another day i guess. When I got back home I had moved an old grill off of the deck to make room for this small pond. I was starting to think that it might be a good idea to put a goldfish in it since they eat mosquito eggs. Just in case any mosquitoes had any ideas about laying eggs in it, maybe it might eat the mosquito as well. Two birds with one stone. Now that the grill was moved I had to find a way to lift it off the deck just a little bit so the small dogs my parents had wouldn't pee into the pond if they felt the need to mark it. I took a trip to the wood pile where my parents had thrown old boards from the deck after they renovated it. Turns out these small boards were the perfect size to layer and get the feeder tub off the ground. After layering the wood and setting the pond down I took a bucket to the rock piles next to the lake in the backyard. I went through picking out all the white stones that I could find, it took a couple hours but it was worth it. Eventually I got enough stones to cover the bottom of the tub so it looked nice. After putting the stone in the bottom I opened the pump up only to find that it did not come with any tubing, what a bummer. Luckily my brother works at a hardware store down the street so i had him bring some home the same day. Once I had the tubing I had to find a way to lift the spout above the pond so I could get the waterfall effect. Another trip to the woodpile, this time I found a tall stump that fit perfectly behind the pond in the corner. Now I had to find a way to hide the spout. Turns out the spout fit perfectly in the hole of a terracotta planting pot. I put it on top of the stump so the water poured out of the pot into the pond. Once the spout was in place and the pump on the bottom i filled it with water and plugged it in! It looks ok for now but it wont be perfect until i can go out and get some nice water plants and plants for the outside to surround it. Im still happy with it though.