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Over the
years, I had seen
pictures and I
thought how great
that would be
- the Behrendt
rainforest ... I
knew I wanted
a waterfall and
a slide. Janice
wanted a hot tub.
We had all these
notions.

Later, Richard and his wife Janice
found a house with an indoor swimming
pool. It would be their first in-home oasis
- far less extravagant than the version
they'd build in retirement.
"It was a simple three-bedroom house
with the back wall knocked out for a
pool," Behrendt said. "But it was fabulous.
I didn't have to leave the house to swim."
In 2005, the retired couple made their
- Richard Behrendt
way to The Villages and found a lot with a
pie-shaped yard.
"We had plenty of room in the back," he said. The plan: to build a pool with a
natural setting.
"Over the years, I had seen pictures and I thought how great that would be -
the Behrendt rainforest," he said. "I contacted Randy and Vera Martin, who are the
owners of T & D Pool (& Spa Construction). I knew I wanted a waterfall and a slide.
Janice wanted a hot tub. We had all these notions."
As the construction commenced, the couple watched the space take shape. All
the while, they took snapshots and later created a coffee table book to document the
process. In the first photo, a flagstone path winds around their Village of Winifred
home. The caption reads: Enter our dreamworld. From breaking ground to the first
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