I just realized that the reason all of you Jer Zone readers haven't been burying me in emails, volunteering to help dig the pond, was that you had no sense of scale on this stupid project. The pictures are only a few inches wide so how hard can it be?

Presented for your spatial quantification efforts is the pond as referenced to the internationally known and recognized Zeke Metric Unit (ZMU). As in:

"That's a damn big truck you got there Todd."

"Sure as shootin' Stan, it's the new Nebular Cluster model, over 20 ZMUs of carpeted, cup-holdered, carrying comfort!"

The pond, I'm afraid to admit, is at least 37 ZMUs. And with each additional day that it goes unlined and unfilled I end up scraping and digging at least another ZMU out of it.

What you can't see is the completed skimmer installation on the other side of the rock. Since our last photos all of the wiring and pump hose has been installed and buried. It's actually kind of fun now, like molding and shaping a huge (37 ZMU!) inside-out clay pot just before firing it in the kiln.

If I can overcome the urge to tweak we'll be installing the liner next.

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