When my children were small I had a few additional children that spent their days with me. We had to go grocery shopping once a week. I would line everybody up and tell them they were baby ducks and I was a mama duck. It worked.
When you see a garden with a successful water feature where all the details are taken care of it’s a delight. What details? You know, bug control, algae control, live plants and or fish. Water gives a cooling element to a garden, a freshness that’s hard to achieve.
I can tell you from experience that they have a lot to say to each other. Their house is outside my bedroom window and I swear they convene a meeting about midnight every day.