jinman
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Nice pictures Eddie.:thumbsup: With sunsets, timing is everthing.
Creating a Lake
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firefighter9208
Platinum Member
With the camera or one of those girlfriends you were talking about in your mule thread???
Chris
bindian
Super Member
Eddie,
Good show. Keep them coming!
hugs, Brandi
Good show. Keep them coming!
hugs, Brandi
RadarTech
Elite Member
firefighter9208 said:With the camera or one of those girlfriends you were talking about in your mule thread???
Chris
Hmmmmm I missed that thread...
firefighter9208
Platinum Member
Here it is.... http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/atvs-utility-vehicles/181191-barebones-mule-your-suggestions.html .
Post #116 Eddie says "Something that I didn't realize is that it's a great date vehicle. I've invited friends over for dinner, and then we take the Mule out for a drive and park it at Lake Marabou to watch the sun set. It's a VERY NICE way to spend time with a pretty girl!!!!!! "
Chris
par4n1
Bronze Member
Wow, a labor of love to be sure. This was great reading made only better by the pictures.
OzGrasshopper
Bronze Member
Hi Eddie, about 3 hours ago i just clicked on ur link to Creating a Lake after reading ur encouraging words about my little pond....its been an outstanding, facinating & inspirational journay u have shared. congratulations on such a wonderful creation and may u and the family enjoy it for many, many years to come......all the very best - cheers OzG
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EddieWalker
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I had a bit of a suprise today. While mowing around the shoreline, a small flock of ducks took off and landed on the oposite shore. They were red/brown with orange beaks and white on top of their wings. I had never seen a duck like that before, and didn't have any idea what they where.
I went back and got my camera to take some pics. I got a few decent shots before they took off on me. Then I got real lucky and got a shot of them flying!!!!!
Say hello to the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks!!!!!
Eddie
I went back and got my camera to take some pics. I got a few decent shots before they took off on me. Then I got real lucky and got a shot of them flying!!!!!
Say hello to the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks!!!!!
Eddie
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Western
Super Member
Now that's just one of the many great reasons for a pond Eddie, great photo.
Really liked the lake the day I was out to your place, nice and and quite out there.
Really liked the lake the day I was out to your place, nice and and quite out there.
beppington
Elite Member
I really need to see if our local Environmental Protection Dept will let me dig a pond :mur:
dcyrilc
Super Member
Ours would, but then I'd have to fence 100 feet from the shore line and let everything inside the fence go wild.:confused2:
Western
Super Member
Bep. wasn't that pond there when you bought the place??? Just say'in
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I've never seen them before either and I did some research too. You nailed it, black bellied whistling ducks. From what I read, it's a little unusual for them to be as far north as our part of East Texas but a welcome addition. Great pictures by the way.
radioman
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beppington
Elite Member
Bep. wasn't that pond there when you bought the place??? Just say'in
You know, gosh darn it, it did always seem like that area was slowly sinking! :thumbsup:
Trafficman
Silver Member
Uh Oh :confused2:now the USGS will be out to investigate that new .... SINK HOLE! :laughing:
T-Man
T-Man
WOW!!
I know you've heard this before but you've created an extremely beautiful place for yourself Eddie.
Over the last 4 days I read through the entire thread about your "ordeal" creating your lake. I'm sorry I wasn't along for the entire ride.
I was also saddened/surprised when I got close to the end and read about you and Steph. Sounds like you've moved on though, good for you! I also went through a breakup. My ex and I had been together 21 years when one evening she came home and said she was leaving me for another woman. We were best friends and were getting along very well but she had been telling me she was "interested" in the alternative lifestyle. When she left it was extremely tough loosing my best friend but there was nothing we could do to work this type of situation out. That was 9 years ago and we still occasionally talk. I'm not the type to hold a grudge. Two female friends of mine helped me get through the toughest time and eventually I started dating one of them. Neither of us were looking to date at the beginning, it just evolved into that. Turns out the other female friend got jealous because she wanted to date me. She eventually went her own way and held a grudge. That was kinda sad but it was her choice. Nine years later and I'm still dating the same woman that went from friend to girlfriend. Neither of us wants to remarry and we both have our own place so it's working great for both of us.
It appears you are like me, fascinated by natures beauty. Watching the animals and enjoying the land. Those snow photos were really impressive. I live near Houston (actually 25 miles SW) and seeing snow is a rarity. I have a 7.5 acre weekend property that's in the middle of thousands of acres of woods about 45 miles from where I live. My ex and I had a 12 acre place in the same area but I sold it during the divorce. My brother kept telling me not to sell that I'd be sorry but I was so screwed up I didn't think I'd ever want to go out there again. Of course it turns out he was right and a couple of years later I was looking for a place again. I wanted more land but the seller of the 7.5 acres was really motivated to sell and I threw an offer I thought was going to be refused; he accepted so I bought.
I just finished building myself a small (14'X20') camphouse out there. I finished the interior in knotty cedar with aromatic cedar for trim. I have a sleep loft in it that is 14' by 8' with the other part of the camphouse being open ceiling (cathedral ceiling?). The roof is 10" on 12" pitch so there is enough room in the loft to stand as long as you are right in the middle. The little camphouse suits my needs very well. Lately however, I've been battling carpenter ants. I tried using some of the dry smoke fogging insecticide. That would get rid of them for a couple of weeks but they keep coming back. I found some spray for carpenter ants so I'm going to drill a tiny hole between each stud and spray that in there. Hopefully that will get rid of them. The camphouse is on blocks so I intend to spray around each block also to help keep them from coming back.
Now back to pond/lake discussion. I'm working on a small pond. Before I bought this property a pond was built on the neighbor's property. We access our property via a private road and to build their pond they controlled a wet weather creek by building a dam along the property line. The road actually goes across the dam and I actually own half their dam. They diverted the creek for their spillway so I have a section of the old creek bed on my place below the dam where I intend to make a pond. I'm thinking maybe .5 to .75 acre is what I'll come up with. My pond will actually be a dug depression with a very minimal dam. I'll also build a levee to catch runoff from my land and the land uphill from me. Right now I'm taking down trees the hard way; with my Kubota B3300 and some chain. I use a choker to attach the chain about 8' to 10' above the ground then pulling the tree over. I have a section of horse panel cut and fitted to the tractor ROP in case the chain breaks. The horse panel should stop the chain from slapping me in the back of the head. I pull down a tree then use a chain saw to cut it into small enough pieces that I can load on the forks I built for the FEL of my tractor. I transport the wood to a burn pile at another location on my property. That way I won't have a pile of wood in the way where I will make the pond. We have been under a burn ban pretty consistently for the last 3 or 4 years. That pile of cut up trees might just have to rot where it sits. :laughing: I think I should have enough clay to line the pond, that is one concern. The other is how close I can come with my pond the the neighbor's dam so I don't undermine it. Even though half of it's on my land, I don't want to saturate their dam and cause a failure. I'm thinking I might put a keyway along the base of the dam and build up a bulkhead to prevent the water of my pond even reaching the other person's dam.
Only thing, I wish I could make myself take the time to take pictures along the way as I build something. I just tend to get in there and start working. In your case, you have pictures to go back and look at. That must be doubly satisfying.
I know you've heard this before but you've created an extremely beautiful place for yourself Eddie.
Over the last 4 days I read through the entire thread about your "ordeal" creating your lake. I'm sorry I wasn't along for the entire ride.
I was also saddened/surprised when I got close to the end and read about you and Steph. Sounds like you've moved on though, good for you! I also went through a breakup. My ex and I had been together 21 years when one evening she came home and said she was leaving me for another woman. We were best friends and were getting along very well but she had been telling me she was "interested" in the alternative lifestyle. When she left it was extremely tough loosing my best friend but there was nothing we could do to work this type of situation out. That was 9 years ago and we still occasionally talk. I'm not the type to hold a grudge. Two female friends of mine helped me get through the toughest time and eventually I started dating one of them. Neither of us were looking to date at the beginning, it just evolved into that. Turns out the other female friend got jealous because she wanted to date me. She eventually went her own way and held a grudge. That was kinda sad but it was her choice. Nine years later and I'm still dating the same woman that went from friend to girlfriend. Neither of us wants to remarry and we both have our own place so it's working great for both of us.
It appears you are like me, fascinated by natures beauty. Watching the animals and enjoying the land. Those snow photos were really impressive. I live near Houston (actually 25 miles SW) and seeing snow is a rarity. I have a 7.5 acre weekend property that's in the middle of thousands of acres of woods about 45 miles from where I live. My ex and I had a 12 acre place in the same area but I sold it during the divorce. My brother kept telling me not to sell that I'd be sorry but I was so screwed up I didn't think I'd ever want to go out there again. Of course it turns out he was right and a couple of years later I was looking for a place again. I wanted more land but the seller of the 7.5 acres was really motivated to sell and I threw an offer I thought was going to be refused; he accepted so I bought.
I just finished building myself a small (14'X20') camphouse out there. I finished the interior in knotty cedar with aromatic cedar for trim. I have a sleep loft in it that is 14' by 8' with the other part of the camphouse being open ceiling (cathedral ceiling?). The roof is 10" on 12" pitch so there is enough room in the loft to stand as long as you are right in the middle. The little camphouse suits my needs very well. Lately however, I've been battling carpenter ants. I tried using some of the dry smoke fogging insecticide. That would get rid of them for a couple of weeks but they keep coming back. I found some spray for carpenter ants so I'm going to drill a tiny hole between each stud and spray that in there. Hopefully that will get rid of them. The camphouse is on blocks so I intend to spray around each block also to help keep them from coming back.
Now back to pond/lake discussion. I'm working on a small pond. Before I bought this property a pond was built on the neighbor's property. We access our property via a private road and to build their pond they controlled a wet weather creek by building a dam along the property line. The road actually goes across the dam and I actually own half their dam. They diverted the creek for their spillway so I have a section of the old creek bed on my place below the dam where I intend to make a pond. I'm thinking maybe .5 to .75 acre is what I'll come up with. My pond will actually be a dug depression with a very minimal dam. I'll also build a levee to catch runoff from my land and the land uphill from me. Right now I'm taking down trees the hard way; with my Kubota B3300 and some chain. I use a choker to attach the chain about 8' to 10' above the ground then pulling the tree over. I have a section of horse panel cut and fitted to the tractor ROP in case the chain breaks. The horse panel should stop the chain from slapping me in the back of the head. I pull down a tree then use a chain saw to cut it into small enough pieces that I can load on the forks I built for the FEL of my tractor. I transport the wood to a burn pile at another location on my property. That way I won't have a pile of wood in the way where I will make the pond. We have been under a burn ban pretty consistently for the last 3 or 4 years. That pile of cut up trees might just have to rot where it sits. :laughing: I think I should have enough clay to line the pond, that is one concern. The other is how close I can come with my pond the the neighbor's dam so I don't undermine it. Even though half of it's on my land, I don't want to saturate their dam and cause a failure. I'm thinking I might put a keyway along the base of the dam and build up a bulkhead to prevent the water of my pond even reaching the other person's dam.
Only thing, I wish I could make myself take the time to take pictures along the way as I build something. I just tend to get in there and start working. In your case, you have pictures to go back and look at. That must be doubly satisfying.
bindian
Super Member
Hey Eddie,
What is your lake water level? Can you open up your drain pipe and let some water flow down here? I really could use it.:laughing::laughing:
hugs, Brandi
What is your lake water level?
Can you open up your drain pipe and let some water flow down here? I really could use it.:laughing::laughing:hugs, Brandi
groundcover
Elite Member
Bindian are you near the wild land fires ? Looks like some of you guys are getting your butts kicked down there. Be more than happy to send you our next rainstorm !
bindian
Super Member
Groundcover,
We are not near any of the big fires. We do get small brush fires here. The big fire is on the other side of Texas near Fort Davis. Where the wind howls. That is the fire that took out about 40 homes. It is a full day's drive from me. I am an hour north of Houston.
The new joke here is if we get a forecast of 20% rain...........the weather folks mean 20 drops.:laughing:
Please send us Y'alls rain. I think Eddie got dumped on again last night. I barely had any "wetness" in the bottom of the rain guage
, but the leaves on the ground are damp.:licking:hugs, Brandi
