I have barged ahead with removing more of the topsoil out of the valleys where there may be springs. I have people telling me I should and others saying I shouldn’t. Frankly, I’m more than a bit anxious about it, but…

I should get the second of the mini-dams done this weekend.

I have had several requests for pictures.

Chris “tritonvt” has generously offered to host pictures of the pond for me. Three of them are located here.

http://www.geocities.com/mc_character/pondboss/pictures.html

I’ve got a lot more that were just developed and I haven’t looked at yet. As soon as I have the opportunity to sort through those, I’ll forward some of the best ones to Chris for future posting.

Thanks to Bob Koerber’s post, I have found a good aerial view of my pond location. Obviously, the pond wasn’t there when the photo was taken. The pond now covers the enlarged valley in the center of the map with another big branch on north side that doesn’t show up as well. The dam is next to the woods at the east end of the valley running east and west. I’ll forward it to Chris soon too.

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