Rec.ponds Roll Call?

Hi Everyone!

We're new to the group but not exactly new to ponding (one under our
belts). We're James and Misty and live across the Puget Sound from
Seattle, Washington, USA, Earth.

We just bought 3.5 acres and have plans for 3 ponds:
-A Smaller, but deep koi pond near our deck.

-a large (35 x 45) pond with 15' watercourse and 25' 'creek' to the
pond

-and a very large, 100% natural pond (clay-lined) back in the woods.


Since James is a sculptor, the ULTIMATE goal is to turn the entire
property into a sculpture park for many artists to display their work,
so appearance and displaying art is going to be a primary goal.

Big plans, little Budget. :-)

James, Seattle

I guess I'll put myself in here even though I've ignored this "roll call"
so far. I'm Robyn Rhudy in Zone 6/7 in Central Maryland. I started with
rec.ponds in 1996, and the people then were invaluable in helping me. I
have 8 ponds right now of 1800, 153, 50, 20, 20, 20, 18, and 2 gallons. I
also have 4 aquariums, 4 cats, 1 dog, 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs, 2
hedgehogs, 1 sailfin lizard, and 4 chickens. I had my 1800 gallon pond
built in 1997. As a result, I set up a small web site on my pond and the
animals I had at the time. I do all the HTML code myself from
scratch and put in all the details I can think of. Well, it's snowballed.
My site is now called fishpondinfo.com and is the largest non-commercial
pond web site that I know of. I get over 3000 daily hits and the site
now costs me close to $50 a month from my own pocket for the 17 GB
monthly bandwidth. Now, people pester me for the answers to all their
questions!

I'm 31-years-old and have lives with my parents on 5 acres since 1997. I
got a Masters in analytical chemistry in 1996 and now test foods on HPLC
equipment for half what my younger brother makes as a computer
programmer (he helps with my site). As a teenager, I was a professional
magician. I was voted smartest female in my graduating high school
class. I was mostly a straight-A student. I watch 3 soap operas daily -
my only "social life." I spend 35+ hours on the animals each week. I
never take a vacation; I can't. The last time I didn't sleep in my bed
was May, 1996. I'm still waiting to be asked on my first date. Any more
information, and I'll make you sick so bye and happy ponding!


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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:29:23 -0400, Robyn Rhudy
wrote:

I'm 31-years-old and have lives with my parents on 5
SNIP
I'm still waiting to be asked on my first date.

Could there be a connection here? Hmmmmm.... :-)

James, Seattle