You may recall that towards the beginning of this journey SandD kindly gave me their tropical fish and tank.
The fish have taken residence in the living room in what is a focal place for the family and they settled in well.
Amongst the fish there was a group of three guppies who swam around together, but three became a crowd and it looked like one was getting constantly chased away. The poor soul seemed to be being bullied.
On our return from holiday the "bullied" fish had sadly passed away.
This evening (a couple of weeks later) our son "The Huffty" told Kitten that he had good news. Apparently the fish had not died but had shrunk. Naturally we were little dismissive of this claim but found not one but two "shrunken" fish. Shrunken to a child's eyes but little babies to our grown up eyes.
My parents popped up yesterday and were here to witness the introduction of the shrunken fish. At one point in the discussion my mother turned to me and said "It hasn't really shrunk, has it?" Of course she realised what she had said immediately; especially when I gave her one of those looks.
It was good to see the parents and the Enochians popped over to make it a full session of my immediate family.
My parents are on a "flying visit" and will be going home today. They have come up to show some support and it is appreciated. We haven't seen the Enochians for a while so it was good to catch up.
Oh the innocence of a child! Hufty's comment has left me with a lovely warm feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried about my mother-in-law though!!x
Seems like your mother has been mixing too much with Lindylu!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes Lindylu famously asked once whether the sun and the moon were the same.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that we have all had our moments, but perhaps not of that magnitude!!!!!
Last summer, when my brother was visiting from Australia, my mum asked him whether he'd heard that Michael Jackson had died! He pretended the news hadn't reached Sydney so she told him all about it. Bless.
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday, I told Notoplip that Paula Radcliffe was coming up the the finishing straight of the Run For Life 5K on the Epsom Downs and he helieved me.
ReplyDeleteOh hang on, I've told you that before but I thought it worth another mention :-)