Rita, there used to be fish, years ago. The dam eroded away, and only a couple deep holes, fed by springs, remained in the pond, the rest was cat tail swamp in no time. After the big ice storm in winter of 2004-2005, I had so many damaged trees that I had a guy in to log them out. He offered to redo the pond dam in exchange for some big cherry trees. He had never done a pond before. He redid it, it filled up right away, to quick, with the rain we got from the aftermath if Hurricane Katrina. The dam collapsed. He came back, after studying up on the right way to do it, and rebuilt it again. This time, it filled slower, and has held. A few times, my Ex has tried fishing, but never catches anything, so we think the fish died when it was swamp or when it was so muddy when it was being redone. But, there are a lot of frogs and turtles. A LOT.
It turned out to be a pretty nice day today. I took the dogs for a walk. I had to be careful walking, because it was slippery with the leaves down on the mud from the rain from the storms the other night. Was supposed to be about 50, but felt colder, with a steady wind. Was sunny, which always helps.
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It is triangular, perhaps 250-300' per side. Most of the summer it is covered in duck weed or something, and is not very pretty. The rest of the year, though, it is a nice view. Lots of waterfowl use it. And, we see a lot of other wildlife from the kitchen window, from several kinds of turtles to mink, weasels, turkey, pheasant, rabbit, fox, coyote, deer, and everything in between. Lots of birds too... Meadow, woods, water birds. Never know what we will see. It's been like living in a park. I have been here since 1984.
You are correct Margaret, that -4 would wipe out my Coleus, brugmansia, and Plumeria. 
It has been 'forever' since it has rained here. 
Thank you, Margaret ! 
