A Bad Day At the Pond

The good news is that the missing fish were deep down in the pond.

The bad news is that now some of them are dead.

Overnight,one of the improperly fastened hoses fell out of place and water drained out onto the lawn, leaving only a small pool at the bottom of the pond where several frightened fish thrashed about.



The pond was quickly re-filled and at the end of the day, two of the big boys had died as well as two of the tiny new ones.

This morning the survivors are looking active.



I thought my guilt-ridden days would disappear once the kids grew up and left home and here I am, fretting about my negligence to the fish.