Teresa: When I first built our pond, I read everything I could get my hands on about ponds. One of the more interesting articles was all about the fact that water, being the "universal fluid" and something that all life can not do without, stirs something deep in our souls when we are near it, be it a pond, a lake, a stream, the ocean, or what have you. When we are home, we have family and company come by to visit, and every one always ends up pond-side just sitting there talking. It's like a magnet that silently draws us all up there. Pretty cool... \:\)