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This is the view from our dining room of the original yard.	This is looking towards the dining room the winter after the new windows were put in.  Our plans had already called for the updated backyard.

This is a picture of the old deck during construction of the new pond.  We increased the size of the deck by placing stairs around the entire deck and going down to the dining room door.	This was taken from the garage door showing a portion of the old deck and the elevated area that became the filter pond.

This is a closer view of what will become the filter pond with our dragons that we were able to get at one of our favorite Chinese antique dealers.	This was taken the first weekend that the pond had been completed.  We were waiting for the water to clear and the filtration system to get started.

Here is a shot from the deck, you can see a portion of Dragon Island to the left.  This is taken from our kitchen door.	A view of the entire pond just waiting to have the landscaping added.