Yesterday, rain or no rain, I decided that the fish had to be sorted. When we put the new fish in the pond a few days ago I was horrified to see how dirty the water was. As a result I spent an hour yesterday emptying the pond and its gravel and partially re-filling it. There was a lot of gravel and a lot of water. Heavy stuff gravel and heavy stuff water. I also had to move a lot of the bricks that hold the tank in place. By the end of the job I had a migraine, a clean fish pond and an extra fish! When I came to empty the fish out I was surprised to find we had four large ones instead of the three we had just bought. The last of our fish – that we assumed had died over the winter – had obviously been hiding in the plants and dirty water.
Goldfish always look so comical. All they ever say is "op... op... op... op..."
ReplyDeleteI am just catching up with some reading, Sir - Work doesn't half get in the way of reading and writing!
ReplyDeleteI love your fishies and how you have captured them...
Your embroidery is such art - Have you always sewn so well, might I ask?
I started embroidery about five years ago and then had to give up for a while because of a dodgy thumb. Fortunately the thumb is now OK and I thoroughly enjoy doing it. It gets better with everything I do but I still don't know many fancy stitches yet - they are mostly just simple stitches.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have a fish pond! It's great that you had a litle survivor in there hiding. How resourceful of him to be able to find enough to eat all winter! Well, the pond is sure to give you a lot of joy now that spring is here.
ReplyDeleteYay for the survivor fish! And for you in the triumph of "finding" him in beautifying a lovely piece of created nature.
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