tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post3092487107167313978..comments2024-03-18T22:27:20.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Ode to KoiOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45459711753864840072016-09-05T07:20:48.639-04:002016-09-05T07:20:48.639-04:00On a very special birthday of mine, a childhood fr...On a very special birthday of mine, a childhood friend brought me a gift of a dozen koi from his koi pond to put in my farm pond. I didn't know what to do but thank him for his generosity. The snapping turtles and great blue heron thanked him even more.<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18534329179581329212016-09-05T07:12:08.472-04:002016-09-05T07:12:08.472-04:00That's the sort of tale that inspires catricid...That's the sort of tale that inspires catricide, he said koily. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18007754914348621712016-09-05T06:53:47.608-04:002016-09-05T06:53:47.608-04:00How lovely, Susan. On your next trip, please take...How lovely, Susan. On your next trip, please take video so we can see them begging!<br />I had a little pond in my garden on Waverly Place and kept koi in it for twelve years. In winter we used to put in an electrical gizmo that kept the water from freezing at the bottom--the sort of thing one can put in the gutters of a roof so that ice doesn't clog the downspout. The little guys were a joy to behold, until a new neighbor moved in beside us with a cat. I came home from work one summer day and found the scene of a massacre in my garden. I could draw it from memory twenty years later. I never replaced the fish for fear of sacrificing more lives to the beast next door.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52833300401104116912016-09-04T14:22:28.614-04:002016-09-04T14:22:28.614-04:00We love koi here, too. We (I) dug a garden pond (...We love koi here, too. We (I) dug a garden pond (by hand) almost 20 years ago, and the same koi have been living with us ever since. Not having a handy stream to keep it filled, we put in a rubber liner. About 10 years ago, a nutria (beaver-like animal also not native to this area) found our pond just as we left for a weeks vacation. When we got back, I had over 22 holes in the liner that we tried to patch (it was trying to dig a den into the side of the pond; fortunately we used a HEAVY-duty liner, but still). The patches have slowed down the leakage, but we've about given up and will probably replace the liner in the next year or two.<br /><br />But everything you say about koi, ponds, and peacefulness (and begging :-) is absolutely true.<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com