For Aqua

[blondie]

Hi Brenda. I was worried of you. Seriously. I’m glad you’re here. I’m stressed and super busy now, just popping in every few days, but wanted to say hi to you ️

[brenda]

@cathys Yes, enjoy the grandkiddo as often as possible. Best to catch all that fun while you can. It's alright to retire just to do that!

[brenda]

@Rich
Excellent pic, Rich! Congrats on a grandkiddo!

My kiddo is turning 30, and will likely stay kiddo for a while longer. Maybe another 30 years? We'll see. LOL

[Jolly]

@brenda said in For Aqua:

Granddaughter will eventually winnow her interests. It sure would be nice for her to keep the piano in the mix of activities. She can keep that going for a lifetime of enjoyment. I'm sure she noodles around on your piano. Maybe give her the option of trying some lessons. She might get hooked, and it would help her decide which activities to keep. She's old enough to decide what she wants to keep doing.

I hope so. I pay for her lessons and she's been taking them for about a year. The only thing standing between her and playing well are practice and concentration. She has my wife's old piano at her house, so instrument availability is not an issue.

Things change with kids, but right now she's a fast burner. She's as athletic as most kids two years older than her. She's either the top or second student in her grade at parochial school.

She just wants to do too much.

[brenda]

@Mik
Now it's birds. We have a flock of young Cedar Waxwings here at the fountain right now.

Did I post pics of the new fountain? I don't think so.

Big project for hubby and me. Did it all ourselves.
Drainage pond under the stone floor of the fountain. Has a water reservoire and recirculating pump with a float to add water automagically as needed.

Bluestone slab floor that we cut and installed. Pedestal base was so heavy we rented a forklift to place it. You can see the tow straps. I removed the boxwoods and replanted them in the open area of the low hedge.
Built a low wall using some granite stones reclaimed from old tunnels in St. Paul.

Used more cut bluestone for flat areas of the fountain. The small birds love the flat stones, the larger birds love the small bowl at the top.

Funky leaf imprints in the bluestone.

In place!

[brenda]

@Mik
We still have Poppy, and he's a good little traveler. Goes across the country with us!

[brenda]

@Horace
I am so pleased you have froggos, and that you think of me. LOLOL

[brenda]

@Axtremus
Thanks, Ax! PhD is in computer science. I won't post the dissertation, but can tell you it's about optimizing speed for super computers. It's based on kiddo's work on the new super computer that was installed at the Argonne National Lab near Chicago. (Hi, George!)

Kiddo made it go faster! So much so that Argonne asked for more time to have another internship with kiddo. They're speed freaks as is kiddo!

[brenda]

@Aqua-Letifer LOL, yes, a tattoo! I expect pics when you get it!

[brenda]

@blondie Hello, blondie!!

I know all about stress and a busy schedule. Still dealing with that here, too. So glad t hear from you, and I wish you well with your projects. Hope you still have time to sew!