Moonlight on the Pond: Wonderful Times With Friends and Family

In social terms, a beautiful, naturally balanced garden pond (also known as a water garden) is either a magnet that attracts family and friends like moths to a light bulb, or a solo experience that encourages the local ponderer to decompress, and to dig deeper, exploring the unknown regions of inner space that normally go uncharted in the midst of a crowd and a busy work day.

Inevitably They…
And if you have a garden pond in your backyard you know exactly what I mean when I say that visits from family and friends inevitably end up with almost everyone standing or sitting around the pond, peering into the depths at the colorful koi fish gliding from point to point around your garden pond.

It Simply Attracts
For starters, the novelty of the backyard garden pond attracts. Not only that but the naturalness of the atmosphere also attracts. And finally the sounds of the waterfalls spilling over into the laughing brook causes people to let their guard down, relax, connect and to communicate at a very unusual level. That of course, is attractive too.

Wine and Cheese Anyone
Now if you’re like most garden pond enthusiasts you’ll probably lay out a selection of cheese and crackers, you’ll uncork a bottle or two of fine wine, and encourage those connections and communications to build on one another while the underwater lights mesmerize your guests. A bit later you may throw a few logs in the fire pit and start a fire, complete with the aroma of burning wood, while sparks flicker off into the night sky. The next course could be roasted weenies, with marshmallows on graham crackers serving as your informal desert.

Talking Deep Into the Night
With all your guests in a state of utter relaxation, moonlight reflecting off the surface of the pond, and stars sparkling in the night sky, you and your guests talk long into the evening. When things finally break up, nobody really wants to leave, but off they’ll go. And the next day, the next week, the next month they will think about, and talk about the wonderful time they had around your backyard water garden. And before you know it, you’ll be making plans to do it all over again.