Pond maintenance...or the failure thereof

Sunday morning the pond levels were up and we discussed checking the drain for debris but decided it was a combination of rain and road run-off.

This is what we woke up to Monday morning...the pond level with the bottom of the pier and accumulating in the side yard. So my job Monday afternoon was attempting to find the drain. 

Thankfully it worked enough that today I was able to retrieve the hoe and finish cleaning off the halfway exposed drain.

So now most of the leaves and pine straw are off the drain. By tomorrow our pond should be back at normal level!