Project ""FROG POND"" *pics inside*

Oh shit I forgot to add the last part to my post...

Sick job man I wish I had as much dedication as you... I'm trying to clear out a lot beside my house to make room for a sick jib lane but I'm so bloody lazy.
 
Yeh I will keep this active, I slacked off last night and didn't post the days progress, will post it tonight. Also gonna blogify the project.
 
Ok so I was out working for the past few hours, not really doing all to much.

I had to stop and come in to dl the photos and video I just got though. Will post them shortly, hope they came out ok. Unfortunitly the only digi I have is a Canon s500, so the zoom sucks.
 
ok so no one seems to be able to fix the blog I had set up and now it has been de-activated. Even Doug is baffled. So I guess it will all just be posted here for the time being.
 
Ok so until I get the blog working again, here is day 2 and day 3, thus far, combined.

Here is the result of day 2's work.

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Peep the pano from Day 1 to see the changes.

Here are some of the things that side tracked me while I was working.

This leaf bug pwnd my focus on the task at hand so hard.

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I took about 100 shots of him to try and get a focused one, and that is the result. Not the best shot ever, but still pretty sick. Just wait till I get my EOS Mark III with a solid Macro lense.

Here is a Robin that decided to come and bathe itself while I worked. (This is the second Robin that has come and done this while I was tearing vines and such out making allot of noise. They seemed to be unaffected which is very promising.

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Again sorry for the image quality, I really had to tweak this one so you could see the Robin well.

And last, but not least in the distraction sector, a beautiful set of blossoms.

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Not sure what else to say about that photo, it's just perty.

 
Update for Day 3 of the project. I forgot to take a pano of the work done, so I will do that tomorrow morning.

However here are some fun shots.

This is the ground cover I have to work with currently, I want to rake it all up, but at the same time, there is a network of Ivy offshoots which are about 40-50 years old and have started to climb up trees that are well over 40' away from the main root system. So I think I am going to leave it the way it is and just put down some top soil, and moss in places. Still unsure.

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Here is one of the more unique Rhododendron Blooms I have seen in a while. Not sure why, but I thought it was pretty cool so I took a pic.

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Here is an example of how knotted up bittersweet can get when it is left to it's own devices. This knot is easily 6+ years old, thankfully it was on the fence section I removed. Some of the others where in the thickest parts of the Rhododendron bushes, those where a PAIN IN THE ASS to remove without harming the Rhody.

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This shit was also fun to remove, Poison Ivy, YAY!

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This was a fun side project for the day. This Rhody had been resting on a debris covered rock for so long that it developed a root system mid branch, however it had barely anything to dig it's roots into, so I helped.

First was lifting it off the rock (should have moistened it as I did to prevent root damage, but I forgot). Then I put some rotten wood, which the forest has plenty of, underneath the current root system (this gives the roots something moist and study they can dig into for grip). Then I piled tons of moist soil under the roots and ontop and soaked till the soil started to wash off from over-saturation.

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Final two now; first one, me chilling at the ponds side watching a frog and savoring the last of my cubans.

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Second, my reward snack I made when I got back ;: )

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Yay for day 3.

Tomorrow I plan to make the most progress. Will post updates tomorrow night. Hope people are enjoying this. I am still trying to blogify this.
 
powershot s500 haha. So yeh it kinda does suck. It takes sick pics, just macro stuff is daum near impossible. It only offers autofocus, which is the anti christ for macro-photography.
 
are those louis garneau bike gloves?

I have similar gloves specifically for construction.. and I also use my old bike gloves.. haha.

And JT... Nolan is a fucked up kid sometimes.

Sorry Nol. ♥

But seriously.
 
Those are definately the same ones I use, haha. Knew they looked familiar...

I've gone through a few pairs though :S

Building decks, docks, isntalling windows, and painting has done a few of em in. haha. Moving garden bricks was the worst for them though.
 
yo sorry all, been working on the ski game.

I will post an update in the next few days.

Only thing for now is the mosquitoes are pwning me, and the water level of the pond dropped about 3 inches overnight, so I need to figure that one out.
 
read it all the way through, and i'm pretty impressed. sounds like a sweet project to involve yourself in, and the photography helps everyone else get into it.
 
Yo ok sorry I have been shitty about the updates, been working on this ski game thing and getting over the gnar gnar poison ivy I had.

Brief update minus pics.

I have planted a sequoia amongst a few other things, and drew up a general layout of the garden/pond. I am currently working to get it spruced up in photoshop, however my skills in that program have gone down hill given I have not used it for like 3-5 years and it has changed a decent amount.

I will post once I have it ready though. I will post what it looks like now, and what I plan to do with it over the next ten years.

I have also gotten the blog back online and will get that going and see if I can't get it front paged :: )

Thanks for the props and kind comments, appreciate peoples interest in this.
 
I love landscaping, if i'd have a pond like you, I'd defenetly do something alike. Keep it up, but don't forget after you're done with it you'll have to maintain it! Oh, and sequoias are sick.
 
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