Our Water Hyacinths are blooming
Posted by Anja on September 3, 2010 at 12:26 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:01
And the pond is generally quite hard to find under the mass of plants that covers it. We do occasionally get a glimpse of fish, though. And of course the frogs are everywhere. ;o)
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Posted by Anja on August 22, 2010 at 16:25 | Last modified: August 22, 2010 16:25The tiger was cleaning out the skimmer net of the pond today when he noticed a very small fish that was neither orange (our goldfish), nor pink (our minnows). We turned the waterfall off and then stood and stared at the pond for at least half an hour. (The gnats were quite interested in us.)
We counted three wee fish between 1 and 2 cm, very dark brown or black, that look suspiciously like goldfish babies. Their coloring makes them extremely hard to spot, and as soon as they move, they vanish again as if they were wearing an invisibility cloak. I hope they’ll grow and prosper, and I wonder if there are more of the little guys. We didn’t even try to catch them on camera, so I’ll give you an impression of the waterfall instead.
