Happy Holidays
Posted by Anja on December 24, 2012 at 19:40 | Last modified: December 24, 2012 19:40
On Frozen Pond
Posted by Anja on December 8, 2012 at 02:57 | Last modified: December 8, 2012 02:57
Wordless Wednesdays
Posted by Anja on July 11, 2012 at 17:41 | Last modified: July 11, 2012 17:48
Update
Posted by Anja on March 24, 2012 at 18:53 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 15:35Most of the muck’s out, and the fish are back in. Usually I also put the tropical plants back in on spring-cleaning day, but they will have to stay inside until the last frost day. We’re so unbelievably early this year. But with the heat we had turning the water yucky, it was time to get the pump back in and the filter going.
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Posted by Anja on at 16:03 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 15:35Muck day for us means Spa Day for the fish. Meanwhile the frogs are all: ‘Dude, what’s going on?’
Yay!
Posted by Anja on March 13, 2012 at 14:33 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 17:32All three of our goldfish survived the winter. The pond is mostly ice-free by now, and I also saw 5 of the minnows and a frog.
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Posted by Anja on June 10, 2011 at 21:04 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 21:06
A visitor by the pond
Posted by Anja on May 22, 2011 at 21:00 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 21:03… lazily sunning itself on the log above the waterfall:
Woohoo!
Posted by Anja on March 20, 2011 at 17:22 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 15:42Yesterday we shut the air pump off for a bit to be able to peer into the hole, and all our minnows are alive. Didn’t see any of the goldfish, but then, it’s still quite icy, so I hope they’re just still hibernating.
Tags: survivors | Categories: Pond | Comments Off on Woohoo! | PermalinkQuiet Sunday
Posted by Anja on October 17, 2010 at 12:47 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 15:59A bit of clean-up around the house in preparation for The Big Freeze ™. I was just going to do a round of checking on things, but it was so nice outside that I spent about 2 hours, snipping here, moving there, weeding a bit, storing pots, watching the fish in the pond … Very restful.
Otherwise spent the day around fish tanks, doing water changes and cleaning filters. The guppy family seems to have settled in nicely, as have the little goldfish, who don’t scare the minnows anymore. Not too much, anyway.
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