Creating a Lake

[bindian]

Thank you for the nice comments of my pictures. I might enter that one in the County Fair, but will do a test on facebook first. What I like isn't always what everyone else likes!!!!! Mostly I take the pictures and post them on facebook to remind my clients that I'm out here and for them to think about me. Oscar, my pig, does that for me too. It's blatent marketing that has proven to be very effective for keeping me busy and increasing my rates.

I just got back from Peru today and haven't been down to see the pond yet. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to see how it looks and get the forms off. If not, it will be this weekend.

The reason the spillway is where it is, is because the land has a VERY GENTLE slope. It's almost level, the water flows very slowly over the grass until it gets to the creek. I'm 99% sure that once I get it smoothed out and planted in Bermuda grass again, there wont be any errosion. My only concern is where the concrete ends and the grass begins. This might develop into an area that I'll have to add some river rocks to. Worse case scenerio is that I create a hole or depression in the ground there. Even if there is massive errosion, it's virgin soil that has nothing to do with the dam, so I'm good either way. My only concern is how will it look and how hard will it be to maintain.

Pics as soon as I get some!!!

Eddie

Eddie,
What where you doing down in Peru?
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

Brandi,

I went on vacation to see Machu Picchu!!!!

Eddie

 

[bindian]

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Brandi,

I went on vacation to see Machu Picchu!!!!
Eddie

Eddie,
Once again, I commend you. There are numerous places I want to travel to and see. Yet, I don't want to go alone. Or did you have company?
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

I was at a friend/clients house talking about a plumbing issue and she said that her son was there with his cousin. We decided that we wanted to go to, so we looked up airfare and booked it. We're not dating, just friends, so it worked out very well to split costs and help each other out. Always nice to have a friend watching your back!!!!

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Nothing new to add to this other then that I was walking by the pond this morning and took a few pics of the concrete dam. I'm still three feet low from what used to be the full mark, and four feet low to overflow the new dam height.

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Eddie

 

[dsquire]

Eddie

You might want to check out the links for the 2 photos. They don't seem to be working.

Hope you had a good holiday.

Cheers

Don

 

[patrick_g]

Eddie

You might want to check out the links for the 2 photos. They don't seem to be working.

Hope you had a good holiday.

Cheers

Don

Ditto, didn't work for me either.

 

[patrick_g]

Eddie

You might want to check out the links for the 2 photos. They don't seem to be working.

Hope you had a good holiday.

Cheers

Don

Ditto, didn't work for me either.

 

[EddieWalker]

Let me try again.

Thanks!!!!

 

[EddieWalker]

Let me try again.

Thanks!!!!

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