Wednesday June 3rd 2009. Day 20.

 

Last night I was too tired for anything much. Today and tomorrow I have a lot of things that I want to do. The first order of business was to take the bicycle over to have the brakes loosened a bit. The mechanic’s comment was that the cables must have tightened themselves on their own. Yes…

 

I really needed to do a thorough clean and tidy of the house. This morning though I was too tired to do more than the basics, such as throwing out the rubbish (I generate an incredible amount of plastic) and putting on a washing machine. In the morning there was the usual round of shopping and a late breakfast, which turned into a brunch. By 2pm I suddenly started to feel tired, lay down on the sofa to read and woke up more than 3 hours later. After some reviving coffee, it was off to the pet shop in the shopping centre to buy some fish for the aquarium, which has now been run in for more than a month and a half. Over the last week algae have started to cover the glass and the stones and the services of a “window cleaner” are urgently required. Riding there on the bus through the countryside  I felt moved to see how beautiful it is. The town is spreading outwards fast, but there is still some green there and it is gorgeous.

 

I had a pleasant time selecting fish. In the end, apart from two coral platys (bright red), the fish are a study in monochrome: 6 “dalmatian” mollies; a locha panda; four zebras; and a distinctly grey window-cleaner, who escaped from the net in transfer and made a break for freedom. The window cleaner did not look too good when I finally recaptured it, but seems to have survived. Later on I’ll add a few more fish: some neons would be nice. As the aquarium is small it has to be populated with small fish, which means no angel fish, which are my favourites.

 

 

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