Category Archives: fish

The problem with hitchhikers…

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They’re lurking in there, This I know, I put them there Some time ago; They are the fish The eye forgot… And have I seen them? I have not. * A barbelled snout I just might see If I am … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Humour, Photography, Poetry | Tagged aquarium, loaches, unseen | 23 Comments

First, catch your fish… #writephoto

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I can’t remember when I last felt so tired. The past couple of weeks have been hectic… in the best possible way… what with the workshop, reconnecting with old friends while they are in the country and all the usual … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Humour | Tagged aquarium, beauty, darkness, environment, fish tank, moving home, poverty | 50 Comments

Murder most fowl…?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The sun rose, casting a rose-gold glow across a frozen world. I watched the daily miracle soften the sky, grateful that my home faces east that every day brings a reminder of renwa, and every dawn reminds me that now … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, fish, Photography | Tagged beauty, blame, Garden, life lessons, pond, snow, spiritual journey | 47 Comments

Horror in the sun…

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It could have been worse, it could have been raining, but it was a springlike day of clear sunshine. Unseasonably mild, it was just the type of day for pottering in the garden. So I didn’t mind too much when … Continue reading →

Posted in fish | Tagged fear, humour, phobia, pond, worms | 65 Comments

Hello…

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There was an almighty racket in the garden. It could only be a wren. The tiny songsters have a voice far too big for their size, and their song is incredibly rich and varied. This, though, was a persistent, juvenile … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, fish | Tagged Animals, bids, fish, kinship, Life, plec, rehoming | 48 Comments

A tale of tails

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I had to clean the fish tank out Although it’s hot and steamy… The fish were swimming to the glass And couldn’t really see me. There’s one in there, a monster fish… There’s smaller sold for cooking… And he is … Continue reading →

Posted in cats, Dogs, fish, Humour, Photography, Poetry | Tagged aquarium, cat and mouse, rhyming verse | 36 Comments

What price life?

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The fish seem to have noticed that it is spring. The little male gourami needs floating plants in which to build a bubble nest before his mate will take his advances seriously. As they have, quite inconsiderately, eaten all the … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Life | Tagged care, consciousness, fish, love, ownership, pets, responsibility | 6 Comments

Nemesis

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“Just out there,” said the cat, “There’s a pond full of fish. And fish, as you know, Is my favourite dish.” “There is one,” she continued, “With tail all askew… And to catch such a fish Should be easy to … Continue reading →

Posted in cats, Dogs, fish, Humour, Photography, Poetry | Tagged Ani, cat versus fish, doggerel | 22 Comments

A sad tail

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The water in the winter pond is as clear as glass. At this time of year, when the weeds have sunk to the bottom to escape the ice and the various algae have ceased to bloom in the sun, you … Continue reading →

Posted in fish | Tagged acceptance, gifts, golden orfe, hope, kink in tail, pond, recovery | 72 Comments

Small Fry

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I’ve written a fair bit about my son’s pond, from the drama with the worm-full pump to the marauding heron and especially Simon, the bubble blowing ghost koi with whom I have a bit of a thing going on. I … Continue reading →