OH, FOR GOODNESS SAKE
She says as she throws up her hand in pure exasperation! There he was sitting on the bench doing a crossword puzzle while enjoying the pond and the sunshine. Vera, who has never met a stranger greeted him with the usual formalities His reply; "isn't this "lake" a mess! I thought they were going to do something about it. What's all that stuff on the top? And, how come the name is Walker's Pond? What did he ever do to get a pond named after him?' Vera was almost nonplused to think that this pond could be this misunderstood after all of this time.
First, Vera explained that the pond was not named for one person, but for all the people that walked the path, even someone that walked there to do a crossword puzzle. WALKERS POND This made the man smile to think a pond was named for him. She then went on to explain that what we were seeing on top was a natural occurrence; this is, after all a pond, not a swimming pool. As for "they" not doing anything, she pointed out the new shoreline and the plants that just recently had been planted. She told him to look deeper into the water and see the little fishes swimming. The poor man even listened to a history of how the pond came to be in the first place.
As Vera and her dog walked off the man said he couldn't wait to tell everyone what he found out today.
Just so you don't forget just how bad the pond was I'm posting before and after pictures for your enlightenment. The pond water was so bad it was actually bubbling. Today, the water is clean for all of us fishes, we have grass in which to hide and life in a pond is good.
Daphne