It’s still not quite finished, but this year we finally arrived at a point where I can finish it. There were a few years recently where the liner solution was looking real sketchy. That’s a done deal now, with a proper finish epoxy coat coming in probably spring ’23. It just took a few years to get the base built up enough to give it some physical integrity.
Recent year’s medical bullshittery is now water under the bridge as well. My body has recovered from the hip surgery malpractice as far as it’s ever gonna get. Struggling through the liner process spring ’20 almost finished me off. Suddenly losing the ability to do heavy labor was a difficult transition. It won’t take much to grind off the mess and re-seal after the liner is completely finished in another couple years. All that’s left to do before then is just moving small stones as I complete the masonry around the flowerbeds. I can manage that no problem with frequent breaks.
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There’s around 40 goldfish in there now. Half are the old veterans in the 6-10″ range and the other half are new 1-2″ babies, born in the basement planters last winter.