Our garden
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- Pond
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- Magnolia blossoms
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- Waterfall end
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- pond view from under the magnolia tree
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- night picture of the Koi
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- one of the bullfrogs
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- The magnolia is just beginning to bloom
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- back half of the yard
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- side garden
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- The pair of visitors
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- If I could just reach that…
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- Mrs. Mallard
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- Our visiting Mallard
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- June–taken from under the magnolia tree
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- taken from behind the pond looking to the front
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- My potted vegetable garden
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- side garden
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- Night picture of the Koi
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- August in the garden
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- my black elephant ears
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- Goliath the bullfrog
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- Goliath again
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- taken from the front of the yard looking back
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- August, under the magnolia
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- taken from behind the pond
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- Part of the side garden
Doggonedmysteries 
Your pond is beautiful, but I am mad because you have a magnolia tree. I want one so bad!!! They are beautiful. Have fun at the conference. I’ll be changing my email address on the 4th, so I’ll let you know what the new one is then, k? Love ya, Deb
Debbie, I planted that magnolia tree thirty seven years ago and at that time it was only about a foot tall. We will all miss you at the conference! K, on the E-mail change.
Thanks for sharing your photos, I love koi ponds and yours is beautiful, especially since your husband built it!
Thanks for stopping by our blog… we love making new bully friends! I can’t wait to read your books. I’m an avid reader… which has recently slowed down since Sugar joined our family (she’s been known to munch of books!)
🙂 Martine & Sugar
Thanks, Martine!
Yes, that was his last major project before his MS kicked his a**.
It’s our favorite place to sit and relax. Although, once it gets too warm I sit out there by myself. It’s great place to enjoy that first coffee of the day.
M.
Looks amazing.
Thanks! I am always impatient for winter to end so I can spend time in the garden.
I particularly like the pond view from under the magnolia tree. At one time, magnolias came to feature in a novel I was working on.
Great stuff.
If I ever move from this house the two things I’ll miss are the magnolia and the pond.
Pics are as pretty as I remember them and I like the new ones you added as well. Those Koi are neat…do you have them trained to eat out of your hand?
Yes they do eat out of hands like the old ones did. Now that you are only 2 hours away maybe you’ll be able to see them in person some time. 🙂
What a beautiful garden! Thanks for sharing it with us.
And the painting is pretty special. What a kind thing to do, to give that to you.
We were pretty devastated back in 2006 when some nasty person dumped battery acid in the pond and killed all our Koi. It took a year to get the pond back and alive with new Koi, frogs, and plants.
The sweet young man who gave us that painting of Koi brought us a greater gift than he could have ever imagined. He gave us back our faith in our fellow man.
Your yard and pond are lovely. What an oasis, but that frog is huge. I saw your site on another site, and my heart went out to you and your husband. I’ve been living with MS 29 years and started a blog on tips for living with it. If you get a chance, please check out Mutley’s Great Adventure on wordpress, Best to you.
Thanks, my yard and garden are my sanctuary.
We’re talking about a pig headed Curmudgeon who has been living with his MS about the same length of time as you.
He will not change his diet at all. I’ve tried. I completely changed my diet after my heart attack, but he won’t change a thing. I’ve tried but to avail, he’ll do what he wants.