Inside the Bronze Antler Bed and Breakfast

Bill sends:

It was five years ago this summer that I conceived the idea for my water feature.  I began my quest with having a hole drilled through a piece of basalt.  The excitement lasted one week because the next week I fell down some stairs, broke my arm and had surgery to fix it.  'Brought the whole thing to a screeching halt for that summer.

I went on another quest to research the size, type and location of a water feature I wanted to add to our Joseph Oregon bed and breakfast garden.  Took me four years to figure this one out.  As the garden matured, the possible fountain location kept moving!

Memorial Day Weekend 2009 I took the plunge into the project and started on my fountain.  It's a disappearing fountain that trickles into a gravel-filled pool.  The water bubbles up through the drilled basalt, runs down the face of the rock onto another concave-faced rock, drops off into a recycled copper birdbath basin, and finally disappears into the gravel.

When it all works, it will provide a gentle sound of splashing water for our guests in the new Mirror Lake Suite and upstairs in the Chief Joseph Mountain Room that overlooks the garden.

Tomorrow it's electricity and water.  Stay tuned for developments.