solitude

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~author unknown

There are moments when I just need some solitude.  Of course, basking in the warmth of the sun doesn't hurt my outlook any.

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How to cheer up a depressed betta (fighting fish)

I appreciate everyone caring about my depressed fish.  My husband, the wise one in this house ;0) did a search on the internet and found that depression is pretty common in Bettas /Fighting Fish.  He read that changing their environment can help - they get bored, lol.  He also read to try giving them bloodworms or brine shrimp to encourage them to eat.

So, this has been Ember's home for as long as I've had him, the mirror is not normally there, I put it there seeing if he would attempt to fight with himself - this was also a tip Dennis read while researching so I was on the right track.  But, I made a mistake - the plant is a plastic plant and apparently this is not good.  Bettas like their plants but the plastic hurts their fins.

If you look back up at the top photo you will see that we replaced his plastic plant with some live plants.  I don't know how long they will actually live with so little light but I'm hopeful.  We also found bloodworm and low and behold he ate!  Each morning since the change he has been eating at least one pellet and one bloodworm.  And, last night he was flitting about in his tank - he seems happier.

Fluttering

Some of the most beautiful things in life are too easily overlooked.

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Smiling Butterfly

A butterfly came to my flowers today and fed sporadically all day. He was a joy to watch. When he posed for some photos I was happy to find he was smiling. It made me smile too.

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I've been doing this for 43 days now, only 11 of those photos are taken outside of my yard. I've been fortunate to find so much right here at home. I worry about what I will do through the long winter but am sure I can make it through. I had been hoping for a butterfly for a couple of weeks now and finally one came to me.  Sometimes it's easier for me to sit and write a couple of these posts at the same time, although the photos are taken each day, I just get lazy about hooking the camera up to the computer, lol.  And we've been very busy in the evenings so it seems currently morning is being an easier time for me to post.

If you give a boy a shovel. . .

. . .he will smile incessantly.