A LITTLE PLACE TO BE

Lantern Pond

Nothing needs you. You're welcome to stay.

An illustrated pond with frogs, fish and moths. Use the controls below to arrange their garden.

Moss and Pip have nowhere else to be.

Touch the water. Follow a fish. Stay a little while. Keyboard: arrow keys move a cursor; Enter makes ripples or places the chosen piece. In Move mode, choose a piece below then use arrows to move it. Escape leaves Arrange mode.

Field notes

A garden, not a checklist.

Moss and Pip try out stones and lily pads. Given a little time together, they learn to share a perch. A nearby moth sometimes catches their interest.

Fish follow fresh ripples, then return to the shade of broad leaves. Moths like warm lanterns. When it rains, reeds and leaf roofs become little refuges.

No one goes hungry. Nothing dies. Your pond waits where you leave it.

A keepsake of this pond · SxPB

Keep a copy of your pond, or paste one back to restore it.

Drift off

The light and sound gradually soften. Then the garden rests. No bell at the end.

Sound is optional; use Listen to invite it in. Switching tabs or locking your phone pauses the pond and sound. The fade still expires while you're away. This isn't an alarm.