Thanks everybody,
Scarlet says hi. Last year was a pretty trying year. We lost my dad and 2 of my stepmoms and found out that my mom has emphyzema. My 42 yr old cousin had a stroke and passed away last week. So I am really looking forward to seeing some green and
growing things this year. For some reason it helps.
My pond is doing well but it seems that every
spring I end up taking the whole thing apart and redoing it. My koi made it through the cold days real well, I had bought a 500 gallon stock tank for my basement to keep a few favorite koi and my tropical pond
plants just in case. But everyone came through fine, so I now have a new 500 gallon stock tank to half bury outside to make a new pond.
Thanks for all the well wishes! Looking forward to finding out what everyone's up to.
hi jenni 
But I did very much enjoy your pond in progress photos. (I even have it bookmarked!) 
