The weather proved to be delightful and the wallpaper removal chore has been put on hold. I had to be outside. The ponds get emptied in the spring and it is a most distasteful, revolting chore.
They are smelly, full of leaves, water, lord knows how many bacteria. Unbeknown to me, it is easier to remove the leaves and pump out the water, oh well, lesson learned. I began cleaning the screen porch and took my time filling buckets from the ponds along with this cleaning endeavor. Ten buckets at a time, 225 gallons in all. The gardens are extremely dry so they enjoyed a bucket of water randomly.
The river gets trashed by the critters, they push all the rocks into the channel so that has to be cleaned as well. The bird feeder has been moved, never to be close to the river again. The finches drop more seed than they consume! What a mess, and then,
the warning about
salmonella, so rubber gloves were a necessity. DONE! It is currently filling with water from the sump pump, ever so slowly. The waterfall provides a soothing noise barrier and the birds love it, not to mention the squirrels. It looks much better when the plants reappear.
The weather proved to be delightful and the wallpaper removal chore has been put on hold. I had to be outside. The ponds get emptied in the spring and it is a most distasteful, revolting chore. 
They are smelly, full of leaves, water, lord knows how many bacteria. Unbeknown to me, it is easier to remove the leaves and pump out the water, oh well, lesson learned. I began cleaning the screen porch and took my time filling buckets from the ponds along with this cleaning endeavor. Ten buckets at a time, 225 gallons in all. The gardens are extremely dry so they enjoyed a bucket of water randomly. 
The river gets trashed by the critters, they push all the rocks into the channel so that has to be cleaned as well. The bird feeder has been moved, never to be close to the river again. The finches drop more seed than they consume! What a mess, and then, 
the warning about salmonella, so rubber gloves were a necessity. DONE! It is currently filling with water from the sump pump, ever so slowly. The waterfall provides a soothing noise barrier and the birds love it, not to mention the squirrels. It looks much better when the plants reappear.
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