Water Gardening: Who or what inspired you to ponding?, 1 by posyblossom

posyblossom wrote:
My inspiration was a beautiful Butterfly Koi that kept jumping out of the pond at the Science Room at the Mall. I would go every week and started hand feeding him. They said I could have him since he kept getting hurt when he jumped out and would land on the floor. So I went home and DH said no. so I dug a secret hole in the back yard. By then it was October and I was freezing,digging,digging, hiding behind the Canna Bed☺finally I confessed and DH relented. By then someone else had taken the beautiful Koi,but I was well on my way to a 1000gal Koi pond and 12 years later I have 3 ponds and all the tranquility we need☺