It's been ponds, ponds, ponds this week in Cat City. I've cleaned up the big pond and we tore out the little pond over at Country's.

Diane is renovating Country's guest room and bath and digging up the pond in her patio in her 'spare' time. Getting the preform pond out was big, all the plants had to be potted and moved, the fish put in a temporary home, the dirt dug out, the form lifted and moved and now more digging.

I have a plan in my head for the new pond and Diane understands me so we're zooming along. I think it will be more of a tiled fountain with fish, Country has a lot of beautiful mexican tiles over in the workshop that we're going to use.

The other exciting thing that happened is that the architect in Mérida sent me preliminary plans for the house. They are really basic with no detail like dimensions and wiring and stuff but it is wonderful to see a plan and to see how it flows. I'm sending off a list of things to change, I'm trying to keep it simple and not overwhelm him. But, you know, you just can't have a master bathroom that can only be accessed by walking through the closet. So, there will be some changes even at this level.

If you want to see them I've got them up briefly. This is the downstairs and this is the upstairs, you can click the image to enlarge it. The original building is from the street through the kitchen. The terrace and all of the upstairs is new construction.