Joolie, that is beautiful, what a lovely space you have! Did you ever watch the British show Ground Force, hosted by Allan Titchmarsh? It was a garden makeover program, and their water feature specialist, a woman named Charlie Dimmock, used to put in pools like you did, your description of your work brought it to mind, and I used to watch her and say, my God, that's a lot of hard work where a simple mistake could really make you pay, big time! Kudos to you both! I'm toying with the idea of hanging a bucket over a bird bath with a pinhole in it to drip on the birds, but I don't want you to be intimidated by my sophistication and creativity...
I'd never get past finding a rat in it...