Coming along nicely!

Fish do not have eyelids. This is well illustrated in the photo of them swimming in the shade.

Db ... when speaking of the fish you obviously didn`t understand that I was speaking metaphorically.

I love the look around your pond. Looks a lovely place to sit by and watch the fish. I used to have a pond in my last garden and enjoyed sitting by it and yours almost makes me think about putting one in here, then I remember all the hard work they take and decide it's much nicer just to look at ones like yours! Lol.

Your garden always looks good Stroller - so peaceful and interesting.

It looks great Stroller A place of interest it makes you want to peep round the corners ...

Thanks Jen, Stera and Amy.

Isn't everything looking great Stroller? I particularly like your pond area. So natural looking and calming :))

Thanks Waddy, tried sitting out there this afternoon but it was quite chilly with the wind that has picked up ... poor old soul I`m getting old.lol.

Your pond is very well designed with lovely planting.
Lovely garden too.
Marjorie

It all looks really nice. We inherited a pond when we moved, which I've always wanted. Our fish seem to love basking in the sun like yours. The only thing I'm not totally happy with is the planting around the pond, it's messy. As I have never had a pond before I'm not sure how to tackle this area. Your plants look so pretty. Would it be possible to name a couple of plants that you have used?

It is looking lovely Stroller. What a beautiful pond you have.

Stroller, it's gone cold here too, so I don't think I'd want to sit next to our pond either...nothing to do with getting old, I just don't like being cold!

all looking good to me too.
I love watching the fish, so soothing.

I do like your pond in the second photo with the stumpery and the bridge, do much interest.

Dahlia thank you for your comment, they are very common plants Lonicera nitida (shrubby honeysuckle)... Carex grass "Evergold"... Berginia ... Miscanthus "Zebra" ... Sedum hope this helps.

Ta to Sb, Siris and Homebird .

looking great Stroller, love your little pond and bridge. :O)

Thanks Stroller, that is a great help. I'm off to the garden centre!

Love the pond area and stumpery. Do you ever see a heron around? Our large fish seem OK but I am sure some of the smaller ones have vanished. Occupational hazard here. Those birds must have really sharp eye!

Eirlys we do get one from time to time, he perches on the top of the trellis, but because our banks to the pond are quite steep he can`t get in ... think its because they are wading birds.

It looks beautiful garden and pond love the bridge going over your pond. As others have said would live to sit by your pond with a cuppa tea to sit and stare and watch the fish..

Phyl, that's looking so good, don't change a thing! Just relax and enjoy the views ... :o)

I agree ,you have a such a good eye for design,Phyl..it's wonderful from any angle..and as for sitting out in the cold,however nice the view....pass ! lol

3d, Shirley and Bloomer, not really sitting out weather as yet, its beautiful sunshine this morning but such a cold wind.

Always a treat taking a peek into your wonderful garden Stroller, cannot believe the difference in this weekends weather compared to last, suntops definitely not needed yet...

As you say Lincs definitely not time for the suntops. I`m getting rather impatient want to get the summer pots planted up but although we have had sunshine the winds have made it too cold to be out in the garden and we have to plant the large tubs in situ as we are no longer able to move them once planted up.