Just another chance

In an earlier post( "We Gave Up" ), I had written that we were giving up on the koi pond. The pump had broken and the fountain couldn't keep the pond open and ice-free.
My friend, Heather from Hickory Springs Farm, suggested using a de-icer purchased from one of our local feed stores.
So John, with ever a soft spot for all living things, could not bear to think of the fish freezing solid in our pond and us not giving it one more try to save them.....brought home the de-icer.
After using the hammer for a bit and a blowdryer, to at least make an area large enough and wet enough to drop the de-icer into, we set the gears into motion to thaw out the pond and see if there really are any living fish in our pond.

By this morning, we noticed 4 fish moving around and the pond mostly thawed. We are still looking for one more fish, a pretty white long tailed/finned koi and hope that she survived the freeze and the thaw.