Looking Around

 

New Life in the Pond!

                                                                            

For over a year now, our goldfish pond population has remained at nine--five orange fish and four dark fish.

Some are darker than others and one is tending toward calico.

Recently small fish have been spotted--evidence of propagation g0ing on! They're hard to photograph as they dart from cover to cover, evidently spooked by my presence, looming above the water. 

                                                                                    

                                                                                  

But after I sat quietly for quite a while, they began to emerge from hiding.

I wonder if this little one might turn orange eventually.

Socializing with the big guys.

At the Little Pond

As of now, we have eleven orange goldfish and four dark fish--stealth goldfish? Or bait fish aka shiners? I like them all.

 

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Coryat calls your attention to the newly restored subscription widget in the top of the righthand column. (Which is different from the old one but evidently all that Blogger offers now.) Several folks have told me they were no longer receiving the daily posts via email.

I haven't a clue why this happened, but I've put the widget back.

Bob says it's easy to do. He gets all his favorite blogs via email.

Shiny, the captain of the goldfish, is encouraging his gang to sign up.

Jenny is asking John to sign her up.

And the ever-reclusive Angeline, is totally uninterested.

Pond Life

 

Ahhh . . .

John's efforts in cleaning up the goldfish pool and area have been rewarded and now we can indulge in a favorite evening meditative activity--watching the goldfish.

 

And There Were Fish!

Our little goldfish pool has been without fish for some while. There were only a few small ones (acquired by mail at a ridiculous price as there seemed to be no local source) and they disappeared over the winter. 

John undertook an overhaul of the little pool, getting rid of much of the water weed and generally tidying it up. But we needed goldfish. 

Thanks to Face Book, I asked on a community page and was directed to a bait shop(!) in Hot Springs.

Eureka! They had goldfish at a very reasonable price and John drove over and brought home a dozen. Along with a minnow and a few snails.

Jenny supervised as John put the plastic bag of fish in the pool to allow the water temperatures to equalize. 

                                                     

 

After about fifteen minutes, the fish were released into their new home--where they promptly hid under the water weed. 

But it's nice to know they're there. And they'll eventually emerge.

Or not.

                                                                                       

 

In the Little Pond