Tag Archives: care

A life on the scales

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

My son has a sick fish in his pond over which we are both worrying. The trouble with pond fish is that they have many places to hide if they are unwell, and you only usually see them from above, … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Photography | Tagged aliens, care, death, illness, Life, love, sick fish, tenderness | 79 Comments

Natural #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Natural beauty Apparently effortless Maintenance required

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged beauty, care, grooming, haiku | 14 Comments

Dripping with Drudgery – short fiction from Michael

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Afterwards: Let’s do another month of M’s prompts shall we. Slumped against the cold brick of the station wall Darryl pulled the ragged hood of his coat over his head and twisted open the lid of the bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, reblog | Tagged aliens, care, caring, happiness, homelessness, loss, salvation, selfishness | 4 Comments

Notes from a small dog – How to fix your human

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Well, you might have noticed the two-legs has been a bit quiet… she had to go to the vet, the one with the knives… and we four-legses know that’s never a good sign. Some of my boy dog friends can … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, Humour | Tagged Ani, being human, care, friendship, health, nursing | 107 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

Mothering Sunday

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Someone, somewhere must have a vicious sense of humour. It is Mother’s Day in England today… a day when many Mums may get to lay in bed a little longer… except that today is also the day when we lose … Continue reading →