On location in S.C. - Coffee and chores

At the risk of repeating myself the weather is glorious – again!

It's such a pity to waste it so this morning I'm taking my coffee outside to “supervise” one of the daily chores – hey it's only fair I should do my bit!

You might remember that at the beginning of my holiday in “On location” I included a photo of the back of the house. Bottom left of that photo shows two large cantilever parasols.

It is immediately beneath the parasols I perch myself (I'm sorry – that's excruciatingly bad) by the fish pond – I've never seen one as big – pond doesn't seem to do it justice- this is the “Rolls Royce” of ponds. I can't help but chuckle – I remember when it was the fashion wherever you went to have tanks full of tropical fish – am I striking a chord? By tropical fish I mean guppies, neon tetras and swordtails etc - the most popular location was the dentist – it was meant to relax the patients – yep, good luck with that!

The first is the koi carp being fed and the second is the view from the side of the “pond”. I truthfully could have sat all morning and watched them – the colours are like nothing I've seen up so close. They are babies at the moment – how fantastic it will be to watch them grow.

Now I get it - my apologies to koi carp and tropical fish everywhere – it really is therapeutic.

Before I go, I should point out that the parasols are not for shade, they are protection for the baby koi against their predators on the wing – very smart move.

Thoroughly relaxed of Lake Wiley!