…and cold. But the temperature has not dropped due to turning on the pump. Which is good. We have a mixed bag of weather today…a few degrees colder air, but sun, which we didn’t have yesterday; and when sun hits the black\/dark liner, that tends to warm things up. Plus the pump contributes some heat. So…the forecast is to trend toward 60. The pond temp is about 45. Koi won’t eat until about 52 ambient. I didn’t want a general warming to throw the pond oxygen-poor, due to the nutrients in the water; so it seemed the better of two choices to power up the pump and let the waterfall start oxygenating. Once that happens, there’ll be some bacterial activity as soon as the temperature permits, and apparently there are bacteria, because there is definitely froth. Less now than this morning, which is normal as the sunlight continues; but I’m testing the water. Readings are odd, not surprising, giving the cold; I’m adding a little bacterial (beneficial) stuff; checking the ph (high normal).<\/p>\n
The rework is going well. I’m about 160 pages into it, and it’s working well.
\nI’m taking thought about that short story upload. I think what I’m going to do, Jane’s suggestion, and one that makes sense, is to take contributions. You contribute, we have a little thread where everybody can discuss it, and when we make a certain amount in contributions, or if I get inspired and encouraged, I have to do another bit of the story, plus maybe make some changes you’ll have talked about and convinced me to do. This is why it’s good to do it with a simple story, not one of the complex sort. Once it’s done, people who have contributed a certain amount will have paid for their download plus they’ll (I hope) have had some fun in the discussion along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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