The Life Aquatic

Last summer, Speed Racer and I, in a fit of foolishness, dug a pond in our back yard. Well, to be really honest, Speed Racer did most of the really efficacious digging. The result looks like this.
It's not very big, (Speed Racer's brother says it is a puddle) and it is not all pretty and elegant, like the pond that some people dug in a yard a couple of blocks away, on the very same weekend we dug ours. But it provides us with endless entertainment. There is a filter that needs to be cleaned and plants that need to be taken care of, and best of all, five fish. They are four goldfish and a koi. There used to be two koi, but one died almost immediately (I think he was shocked by the lack of elegance he was expected to live with.) These fish have lived in the pond for almost a year now, putting up with rain, snow, leaves, trash, and mud. They have gotten bigger and bigger and fatter and fatter. Speed Racer says that pretty soon we are going to barbecue that koi.
Late last summer, a frog moved into the pond. He/she hibernated in or near the pond, and has now invited two friends to join him/her. We are hoping that they will make some tadpoles who can eat the algae that have bloomed in the pond. The fish can eat the tadpoles, and the circle of life will be complete. Jacques Cousteau would be proud.