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gunk…

09 Friday Apr 2021

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even though it was chilly and overcast my grandson arrived this morning to clean up the pond… it was filled with a ton of decaying leaves…

our time didn’t start very well… the pump that worked perfectly in the fall when it came out of the water would not work… felt like we tried everything, but no luck… so, he had to run to the store to replace it, sigh…

eventually, after getting most of the water pumped out, he used the shopvac to suck up the majority of leaves from the bottom…

this technique worked well, but took quite some time, and was very smelly… then we rinsed it, and I filled it back up… he plans to come back, we will drain it again, and finish sucking up the gunk…

then we will fill it and get the waterfall flowing… I don’t think the fish will go in for another few weeks, when the chorine has dissipated and the water temperature has warmed up a bit;-)…

happy with our progress and looking forward to sitting and enjoying the beautiful sound…

suspended…

19 Friday Feb 2021

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I’ve been watching the fish more lately and have come to realize that they have favourite places to rest…

one little one looks like it is stuck under a rock on a regular basis… makes me think of how they always rest under the bridge in the garden…

it is interesting to watch them suspended in the water, often for quite some time…

batch…

12 Friday Feb 2021

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there was a whirlwind of activity in the kitchen a few days ago…

not sure what it was about, but went with the flow, lol…

after breakfast, I used the leftover half banana to make some overnight oats…

a bit later I produced a small batch of homemade macaroni and cheese which I will have over the next few days…

then I prepared sweet potato oven fries to go with my pickerel for supper…

wonder if I will have this much energy over the next while, or whether it was a one time event…

lifting…

01 Monday Feb 2021

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as I was cleaning the fish tank it made me think of how much I have learned over the past year…

I now can clean and replace filters and the other bits and pieces of the tank…

since my beloved’s passing, my son-in-law and grandson have done all the heavy lifting with the fish…

but, as they aren’t coming into the house, I’ve learned how to do the required maintenance…

elves…

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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today my two older grandsons came by… one got dropped off so he could shovel, while the other went out for a few last minute items I needed… the main one being food for the fish;-)…

while he was out and about, the younger was shovelling… there was a lot of snow and it was heavy… put out some hot chocolate to warm him up…

the shopper returned and the elves loaded up the car with presents and goodies for their house…

a bit sad to see Indi with snow on her… she doesn’t have a garage for protection these days…

good news is that all the gifts have been sent on their way;-)…

starving…

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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my morning schedule is to put on the kettle for my tea, choose my Advent treat for the day, feed the fish, and prepare my breakfast…

when I get to the calendar, which is on top of the fish tank, the fish are running back and forth to make sure I know they are there… and starving...

I can practically hear them, lol… later in the day, they will rush over as I enter their space to see if they can convince me that they haven’t been fed…

lift…

10 Thursday Dec 2020

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I’ve been spending a bit more time in the living room, enjoying the lights, reading and listening to music…

sometimes the fish are very noisy… when they are searching for food they toss around the rocks in the bottom of the tank…

these are river rocks, not fish tank gravel, so when they knock them over it produces quite the sound, lol…

it amazes me that they can lift them at all and of course, when I tried to catch them at it, they stopped, lol…

ambiance…

20 Friday Nov 2020

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spent a wonderful hour in the living room decorating the Christmas tree…

the fish were swimming around happily and there was Christmas music from Spotify blasting on my Google Home…

I missed my decorating buddy as she always does an amazing job and we have great visits while we are working;-)…

once I was done, I sat and read for quite a while, enjoying the ambiance…

clogged…

18 Wednesday Nov 2020

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had a problem with the fish tank last week…

one of my fish was floating and it was hard to see through the water…

I finally figured out that the tube linking the bottom of the tank with the pump was clogged and they weren’t getting enough air in the water…

managed to get it out, cleaned and reinserted… after a few scary minutes the water started to flow over the edge and it slowly cleared… the rest of the fish were much happier…

I did have a giggle when I realized that the parrot feathers plant had been completely eaten, so I removed it…

today, I had to take the same steps, although the tank was still clear… having the water lilies in the tank are clogging it up more often…

but an easy fix, now I know what to do… maybe I will add this to the calendar and clean it once a week to be sure they stay healthy;-)…

filters…

29 Thursday Oct 2020

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Saturday I cleaned the filters for the fish tank…

ugh… not my favourite job, but we’ve decided that this needs to happen monthly…

I am feeding the fish twice a day to be sure they are getting enough to eat… they are quite big now, lol…

that means that the tank can get murky and it felt like that was happening… as time goes on, I should be able to get the feeding down so that there isn’t excess food in the water…

a bit of a balancing act… it seemed to be getting clearer…

I also put some shelf liner behind the tank to see if I like how it looks…

the water pumping into the tank doesn’t seem to be flowing probably and I can’t figure out why, sigh…

yesterday I took down the liner as it blocked the light… and I changed out two of the three parts of the filter for new pieces because the tank is not clearing up…

can’t decide today if it has improved or not… will see what happens in the next few days, sigh…