Painting the Balcony

I will indulge with something different to do today. I know after watching the evening news that the situation of our politics are in a bit of chaos but at this time I will refrain to write anything of my own standing until a time suitable to do so . However I could not run away from the political innuendos now. I hope things will resolve by itself without any intervention from the layman like me though. We have politicians that we support and of course we cannot be neutral in this situation. Well, the porch and the back yard balcony of my house need urgent attention to be painted. The painters that my wife hired had just left and it seemed that those areas left unpainted were not in the original deal. We had consulted the paint shop about the suitable color for the balcony. We haven’t enough money now. Actually I have spent a substantial amount of money already for the renovation. My wife has put up extension for the kitchen which had caused an enormous bill for us to pay. However there remained other parts of the house still needing touch up jobs. Before I start the painting job that morning, I went to inspect my fish pond. I like to be in the pond's vicinity and love the serene environment and view. Yesterday at dusk I was strolling near the pond, to my surprise I found a big lizard wriggling in the water. My abrupt present had caused the lizard to dive into the bottom of the pond. ‘Well you have asked for it’ my thought directed to the creature. I will intensify the annihilation of this provocative pest. Back to the house jobs, what color is suitable for the balcony and the porch. Well we have chosen the contemporary ‘Sandstone’ color which has a slight brownish tinge to complete the paint job. Subsequently this endeavor had caused me about 4 hours of hard labor resulted with stiff necks and backache. About my auxiliary landscape pond around the porch area, It is still unfinished since the house was build about fifteen years ago. My wife has many time asked me to hire a proper landscaping agency to design the pond but I have some other reservation about designing it, but it has toiled for too long!