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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2006

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She won a prize at an SF convention for best costume with her balloon take on Sailor Moon.

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Uploaded on Jun 13, 2006

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Stewie on our dining room floor, playing with his blue toy cow that has velcro-attached limbs so he...

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Uploaded on Jun 13, 2006

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Stewie is sitting on his couch with the torso of his blue toy cow .

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Uploaded on Jun 13, 2006

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2005

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2005

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Our new dog! He is a 4-year old American Eskimo.

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2005

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The pond has recruited lots of fauna - dragonflies and lizards and frogs and a snake. As well as the neighborhood cats who try to catch the koi.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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We put in lights so we can show off the pond at night. It doesn't look very good in this photo, but in person it is amazing.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Our fish (and their food).

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Here is the same view as the first picture. Better, no?

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Here is the lotus flower. One of four in as many weeks. And you can see a few koi.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Here's the pond two months after water and plants were added. We put in a few more plants, and added...

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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See? The waterfall looks nice with actual water.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Now the pond is full of water and the plants have been growing for a few weeks. It's amazing how fast the lilies took off.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Here is the yard where the koi pond will go. This used to be covered in gravel, but we've cleared that out at this point.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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A lot of thought went into the waterfall, but in this picture, it looks like random rocks.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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We put some water in the bottom level just to make sure it didn't leak. We probably should have done this as we put in each level, but we didn't.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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After the hole is dug, throw down vinyl and put in rocks. I learned that rocks are cheap from a...

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Two levels down...one to go!

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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Dig dig dig dig dig...etc. This took a few weekends of 8 hours of digging. Luckily, digging turns out to be pretty fun, as manual labor goes.

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2005

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