Most of the time when you hear that someone has a pool in their backyard, you get a little jealous wishing you had one yourself. Notice I said most of the time! That would not be the case with Jeremy's pool. Since he fixed the light and painted the pool last summer, there has been a leak in the pool. As a result he had to keep adding more water which in turn made an inbalance in the chemicals. After a while of trying to keep it blue and swimmable, we gave up and it began to turn a lovely shade of algea green. Fall, winter and spring came and still the pool sat. One night we noticed that there was some croaking in the backyard and discoverd about 3 frogs happily making their residence in the pool. Jeremy fished them out and mentioned that he really needed to call his friend to see about fixing the pool. A few more weeks passed and Jeremy was mowing the yard. He saw something moving in the pool and realized that there were now tadpoles and baby frogs swimming around in the pool. Not just one or two, but hundreds! Apparently it took this to get the pool cleaned. The next weekend we were out draining, cleaning leaves, and painting the pool. I have decided that one job I never want is to be a pool cleaner. Between the algea, the leaves, the dirt, and whatever else, that was the nasiest looking and smelling stuff I have seen in a long time!
