I had a cute lady bug on my grasses by the koi pond - and my koi are getting big!!  

I've been fighting algae in the pond this year - the pump gave out, so the water wasn't moving like it should have been.  I'm hoping that adding a new pump and monitoring the water conditions for a while will help.  Ralph wants to put in an expensive filter system to help.....I really hope it doesn't come to that.....

I took the dogs out for a walk a couple of weeks ago, and snapped this picture of the storm coming in.