by CJ | Aug 26, 2009 | Journal
Thank you all for signing up, and I hope you find it a pleasant place to hang out. I can’t say, because I don’t know who was the 500th member…but you all are the first member AND the 500th. Let’s reach for our next 500!
by CJ | Aug 25, 2009 | Journal
It has apparently stopped disappearing everytime she makes a move to remove the ‘scaffold’, she has apparently found all the stray asterisks, located the mistake in the instruction book, and, according to Lynn…we are now attempting to handle...
by CJ | Aug 25, 2009 | Journal
http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/ She’s been doing a hysterical rundown on the woes during my absence and later—
by CJ | Aug 24, 2009 | Journal
It hadn’t cleared appreciably, and new green algae started growing. Arrgh!f This is where I put on my water chemistry hat and bite the bullet and get the (fairly expensive) phosphate remover. Or, as we say in the marine reef biz, don’t bother getting a...
by CJ | Aug 23, 2009 | Journal
The pond is still a murky mess, but the fish are eating, and doing well. They’re spooked because they can’t see in the murk, but they know our voices (try talking to your fish: “Here, fishie, fishie, fishie!”) and will come when called to eat....
by CJ | Aug 22, 2009 | Journal
I did not want to use an algicide, but the soup was thick and we had hair algae on the bottom. Nastiness. I feared the pond might go oxygen-short if we let it get worse. So I bit the bullet and did it. I keep running out to be sure the fish are ok, but we are getting...
by CJ | Aug 21, 2009 | Journal
A quiet day. Laundry backed up for weeks—got done. I don’t know if our pond sunshield is working but it’s no worse. We woke up last night to thunder and lightning, unusual for Spokane, but when you have a day of 99 degree heat and 68% humidity (I...
by CJ | Aug 20, 2009 | Journal
Glug. I’m having to clean the pond filter 2x a day, each time extracting about 5 lbs of algae. Next year I’m going to investigate what’s safe to partially reduce this. Lynn sent us a letter last night: she’s still having troubles, but now knows...
by CJ | Aug 20, 2009 | Journal
Glug. I’m having to clean the pond filter 2x a day, each time extracting about 5 lbs of algae. Next year I’m going to investigate what’s safe to partially reduce this. Lynn sent us a letter last night: she’s still having troubles, but now knows...
by CJ | Aug 19, 2009 | Journal
The actual launch of Closed Circle is getting close enough I’m going to spend time this evening actually assembling several e-books, notably Faery in Shadow and The Writing Life: A Writer’s Journal vol 1-3. Those will be the first out. Rusalka is ready,...
by CJ | Aug 18, 2009 | Journal
I watered 4 sections of the back garden, 20 minutes a section, topped off the pond, cleaned the pond filter, adjusted the tank temp; wrote; did a little genealogy (recreation); and attempted for the 4th or 5th time that incredibly impossible form they want me to fill...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2009 | Journal
And it looks good. She estimates about 20 more hours hammering away at the thing, and she’s got some serious business to attend in the next few days that will divert her attention, but she’s seeing the finish line very close. Maybe this next week, friends!...
