Yard is Canvas

Our yard in Rochester, NY, 1/3 acre lot

12K gallon, 6ft deep koi pond
& stream with 3 upper ponds

12,000 gallon 6 foot deep koi pond
2010-2011
2010, overgrown with vegetation is the stream with 3 upper ponds to the right and top
2010, stream with 3 upper ponds to the right and top
2011
2010
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2011
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
Jan 2011
Jan 2011 3 upper ponds
Air line wrapped in glass wool insulation to keep a breathing hole open in the ice
Feb 2011 two days in the 50-ies F
Feb 2011 two days in the 50-ies F
Feb 2011 two days in the 50-ies F

Pond inhabitants
koi, golden orfe, goldfish, shubunkin

2010 Big Mama and Sunny
Sept 2010
Can you spot golden orfe (the ide aka Leuciscus idus) among the koi?
Can you spot golden orfe (the ide aka Leuciscus idus) among the koi?
First fish

Right front and side yard,
seven lily ponds

2009 for our 7th anniversary
2009 for our 7th anniversary
2009
2009 Lotus
June 2011
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
Jan 2011
Jan 2011

Backyard,
main section

2010 Backyard patio
Jun 2011
2008-2009, main backyard section
2010 Backyard patio
Sept 2010 main backyard section
Jan 2011
Jun 2011
Jun 2011 path behind the pond & shed
Jun 2011 path behind the pond
Jun 2011 path behind the pond
Sept 2010 main backyard section & far bank
Jun 2011
Sept 2010 main backyard section
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
Sept 2010, main backyard section, pathway stones spell a coded message for Iryna 🙂
Jun 2011

Backyard, city drainage ditch,
close bank

Jul 2010 close bank
Sept 2010 close bank
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
Sept 2010 close and far banks
Jun 2011
Sept 2010 close and far banks

Backyard, city drainage ditch,
far bank

Jul 2010 far bank
Sept 2010 far bank
Sept 2010 far bank
Jun 2011
Jan 2011
Jan 2011
Feb 2011 two days in the 50-ies F

Front yard, left side yard, shed

Jun 2011 front yard left
Jun 2011 front yard
Jun 2011 front yard
June 2011 front yard
June 2011 front yard
Jun 2011 front yard left
Jun 2011 front yard left, in front of shed
Jan 2011 our street
This cutie bumped into our living room window, recovered and flew away in 1 hour
1 foot of snow
2 feet of snow
2 days in the 50-ies F
Jun 2011

Our yard in Naples, FL,
10 acres / 4 hectares

Aerial shots Jan 2020

Aerial view Jan 2020
Aerial view Jan 2020
Aerial view Jan 2020
Big lake, Jan 2020

A walk around the driveway May 2021
(more yard videos to come)

Random photos

We are in a low place and 3/4 of the lot floods for half a year and various bog plants pop up including wild water lilies
These are cultured pond lilies donated by Jackie and Ed
We grow banana
Waterfall
Heliconia blooms almost year round but mostly summer-fall
Instead of snow, we get ibis on the trees
Possum in pummello tree
We get alligators from 2ft / 60 cm babies to 13 ft / 4 meter adults coming and going. They are all drifters.
Corn snake (nonpoisonous)
Taking out the corn snake in a garbage tote to the woods
Taking out the corn snake to the woods
Black racer breeding season (nonpoisonous)
Syntomeida epilais, the polka-dot wasp moth or oleander moth