Fred - Your taste in hardscaping and plants is very similar to mine. I really enjoyed the photos you shared. And I LOVE your pond and seating arbor! Sweet! Daylilies, clematis, waterlilies, and impatiens, who could ask for anything more?!!! I will say that I also had Sweet Autumn Clematis covering a very large arbor/small pergola and had to cut it down and dig it up. It just got too large and messy for me to clean up every year, but yours is beautiful!
I can not get over the ice you have had. Yikes! That is insane to see such a thing in your southern location. I hope all your plants recover come Spring/Summer.