![new duck pond](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/new-duck-pond.jpg)
Pond upgrade. It was time to upgrade the tank I had for the garden ducks. The 4.5 foot water tank I had for them was too small. I realized this after moving some of the ducks to our pond. Ducks love swimming, paddling, bobbing about on water.
Hauling back an eight foot tank on the truck was harrowing. I strapped it down securely. Still, I was terrified a gust of wind would send it flying and hitting vehicles behind me. I pictured myself spending years in prison for reckless endangerment. Possibly even manslaughter for the deaths the flying tank caused when it smashed into a windshield behind me. But I made it home in one piece.
It took half a day to empty the old tank, roll it out, dig a hole for the new tank, get it in place, add the ramps up to it, and fill it up.
![ducks in new pond](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ducks-in-new-pond.jpg)
But all the effort was worth it. You wouldn’t think going from 4.5 feet across to 8 feet across would make a difference, but area wise, the tank is three times the space as the old one.
Immediately, I noticed that the ducks swim differently in the larger tank. They are far more relaxed. They love the ramps and spend a lot of time on them preening their feathers after a good swim. The pond upgrade turned out better than I imagined.
![columbine](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/columbine-flowers.jpg)
![bug bites](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patterns-in-leave-munching-bugs.jpg)
I’m sure whatever bug made these carvings in a rhododendron leave had no intention of creating a piece of art. But it did. It looks like a pair of dancing feet cut out of the side of leaf, or some new script. Given enough caterpillars and leaves, I suppose somehow, somewhere, caterpillars have carved out a lovely poem on the leaves of some tree.
![rhododendron flower buds](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/purple-rhododendrum-buds.jpg)
![rhododendron flowers](https://amanandhishoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/purple-rhododendrum-a.jpg)