I just love your flagstone and thanks so much for posting the pics. You did a great job of the patio and the pond, what a lot of work you did, kudos to you! You have a great idea in planting thyme between the rocks, will provide contrast and tie it all in with the surrounding greenery. All projects big and small around here are done by us as we are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. Actually, I am pretty sick of construction projects, we started off with building a house and did a lot of the work ourselves with the help of my brother and his carpentry tools, however the projects never seem to end. The patio (and finally some steps) will be the project for next summer holidays, this year it was chicken coops and fences. I may have a hard time getting flagstone here, saw a pallet of limestone the other day though. If all else fails, we will resort to pavers. Nice looking fish.

Laurie, that is so nice. Congratulations on a job well done. Do your fish have names? LOL I'd be out there talking to the fish for half the day, I'm sure, and my neighbors would have the little men in white coats coming to get me.

Shauna

Oh, good job, Laurie. Nice big boulders to perch on, too.

Wonderful job, now you just need a comfy chair, glass of ice tea and a great book. Are you going to store the fish indoors during the winter? Or will they manage to live outside?

Syreeta

Well, thankfully my neighbors are too far away to hear me talking to the fish! lol And yes, some do have names. The largest calico coloured one in the middle(a shebunkin) is named Big Mama, because I was able to watch when they were spawning and she was the one to lay the eggs. These eggs stuck on the roots of a water hyacinth, so I put the whole thing in an ice cream pail and ended up having 200 babies! That was last October, and the number is down to about 15 now....much more manageable. The other named one is the black and orange one and he's called Blackie. He started out all black and it's taken 2 years for him to get the colour he has now.
I started out 3 years ago with a tiny pond, just half of a rain barrel and most of the larger fish are from that. I do bring them in for winter, but with the babies growing so fast I think I may need another tub for this winter.

Tabardca, you sure are the ultimate do it yourselfer! Sounds like you've been busy for awhile. Building your own house, wow! It seems we always have a project on the go too. Most of the winter we've been renovating inside the house, and by spring we're more than ready to move to the outside jobs!

Thanks everyone for the complements. This project turned out pretty much like I wanted, although I had envisioned a lot more rock......DH drew the line at bringing in a bulldozer though! LOL
Laurie