Okay so I stole the idea from my neighbor across the street. And combined it with my tendency to obsess about an area I've just visited for a photo trip. All summer long I've been listening to the fountain my neighbor has on her porch. Tranquil sounds....running water...very soothing. And somewhere I decided it would be cool to have one of my own. After looking at fountains at the garden stores and the home improvement stores and seeing how bloody expensive they are, I decided "Hey, I'm a pretty handy guy...I can probably build one myself and save some bucks."
So off I went to the web to find inspiration and instructions on building garden fountains. Wow..is there a lot of useless information! But I found a site that gave me the basics and started accumulating stuff to build it.
First was the pots. After an expeditionary trip to shop for pots I guess I'm not so surprised that the things cost so bloody much. WOWZA ..how can a freakin clay pot cost so much? Maybe I should look into making clay pots when I retire. Oh well, now the search begins and after a couple of weeks I find a pot on sale that will work for the bottom of the fountain. And it's got Kokopelli on it. Must be karma since I'm headed to Moab for a shooting trip in a couple weeks. Just need to find 2 more pots that are a little smaller and a pump.
No more luck finding pots before leaving for the desert but when I pulled off the road in Utah to look at Castle Valley I get an inspiration....I need some river rock for the fountain, why not gather some rocks from the Colorado River to use? Cheaper than buying them in Denver. So I spent one afternoon picking up rocks on the river bank. I spent a lot of the trip looking for Native American pots to complete the fountain and found some really nice ones but I can't really afford $100+ for a pot that's going to live outside.
Back to Denver after the trip and trips once a week to Lowes seeing if they put their pots on sale Sure enough, one day I find 2 pots that will work and they're both on sale! Whoooooo hooooooooo. Pick up the pots and a pump for the fountain and I got all the stuff I need.
After a couple times of putting the thing together then tearing it apart to adjust the pump, it's perfect! I got my own fountain and it's very soothing and tranquil. And soooooooooooo easy to build. If you're interested, e-mail me at wcb@wcbeanphoto.com and I'll send you directions...for a small fee of course.
