Family news

time for spring housecleaning, so Kuya hired a farmer and some boys from the farm to clean the pathways and gardens here. The pathways get dark from mould from being wet all the time, so we apply detergant and then power spray them clean. The gardens are dry, so we remove the dead annual flowers and trim the bushes (e.g. hibiscus), banana trees, and palm trees.

He plans to restart the fountain in the garden pond and put fish in there. One problem is that if it clogs with dirt/leaves no one might notice it went off, so the pump will overheat from being blocked, whereas the fountain/pond in the middle of our compound is next to my window so I tend to keep an eye on it when it loses pressure or stops.

We have fingerling koi so will transfer some there. Hopefully they won't die off from the heat etc. (we have had several fish die offs when the heat/rotting vegetation at the bottom of the pond drops the oxygen level... luckily these happen during the day so a quick removal of fish and a replacement of part of the stagnant water will prevent losing all of them, and anyway, you can eat koi so they don't go to waste.

here is the pond in our courtyard. The windows are the meeting room, for parties, meetings and a local church holds services there weekly.

Lolo enjoying the fountain

Now, if only we have enough money to really really fis the roof so I don't get rained on in monsoon season.