4 posts tagged “fish”

Our murderous fish have (for now) redacted their reign of terror on the local avian population.  Apparently, with all this extra time they've been passing the time in a more, shall we say, intimate fashion.  Now we have something like eight little baby fish swimming around our already too small pond.   I haven't gotten a clear count because several of them are black and it's hard to pick them out against the black plastic side of the pond.  The others are starting to develop colorations ranging from whitish orange (fingering Cuddy as one of the horizontal tangoliers) to a couple of pretty ones who are black with orange spots.  I tried to take a few pictures of them but (as we've seen) I suck and was unable to snap anything that didn't look better than the photos of the monster in loch Ness.  I'll try again some feeding time, that's when they are most highly visible. 

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I think the goldfish in our pond might have been purchased at the Indian Burial Ground Pet Store.  In the last week we have fished 3 dead birds floating face down out of the pond.  I found another dead in the yard.  If you're a small black bird who happens to be reading this.  STAY AWAY FROM OUR POND!  I won't be held responsible for the actions of our psycho fish.

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The three fish were here when we moved in.  We inherited an outdoor water garden with the house.  I've been learning quite a bit about the subject in the last month.  Our friend Katrina named them after three characters from House, M.D.  The pictures aren't great.  It turns out it's kind of hard to photograph camera shy fish in water.  I was later told we have a UV filter for the camer which will make it easier.  On the next sunny day (ha!) I'll take some more pictures and see if I can't do better.
 

Wilson

Cuddy

House (bad picture)

Murphy is Rebecca's child from a previous relationship.  He has lived with her parents for nigh on five years.  He's an Italian Greyhound. Once we got the house ready for occupation they brought him over and he's been here ever since.  He's adjusting well.  He doesn't mind the cats too much.  They're the ones getting the short end of the deal.  Murphy's pretty needy and it's easy to ignore the cats while he's around.  All in all, he's a great dog and we're stoked to have a pet who is genuinely happy when we return home.  The cats just look up from their bed on the freshly washed clothes like, "Oh good, the Can Opener is home."

Murphy

To protect and serve

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