Sitting by the pond watching this...
has become a favorite pastime of mine.
Sitting on the bank of the pond I was aware of a presence in the water to my left.
I looked over and saw these two...
Well, hello there!
Before I knew it, there were three...
and four...
and five...
and six...
(now an orange one joins the group)
and then there were seven...
and another (orange)
eight...
and number nine (orange, as well)...
This is a pretty amazing sight.
You see, 15 or so years ago our friends Jim and Kathy threw two tiny goldfish
(won at a carnival) into the pond.
And for years after that we would see an increasing number of goldfish...
soon in every imaginable size.
Then the fish began to mutate...
white ones began to appear.
I have no idea how old these large carp are...
or how many generations of fish we have had from those two tiny goldfish.
Isn't nature absolutely amazing?
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They are beautiful! Yes, they will grow to according to the size of their environment.. Years ago my husband and I built a large pond... We bought 2 koi and 5 goldfish because of the expense of the Koi.
The Koi did not make it, the goldfish did, and grew quite large.. They looked much like this orange one.
I am happy they have a pond to swim in... Much better than a fish bowl.
blessings,
Penny