My pet fish!

I like animals in general and always had (multiple) pets growing up. I have been wanting to get a cat for some time, but when you are moving around a lot it doesn’t seem fair.  But now I have a new pet!  My good friend Jordan is a great gardener and koi aficionado, and she has got me “my own” fish to live in her pond.  Introducing Blixt, the lightning-fast silver butterfly koi!  He really stands out against the bottom of the pond, so I hope and eagle or heron doesn’t spot him.

Blixt and Bling (Jordan´s fish)

Graham also has a new fish… unnamed as of yet, any suggestions?  This guy is darker and harder to see in the pond – maybe a useful trait.  I like his gold fins. Maybe we can call him Goldfinder! (pronounced like “fin” not “fine”)

My fish and Graham´s unnamed fish

So not a pet-able pet that I live with, but a pet nonetheless, and I am delighted!

PS: I don´t actually know that the fish are male, so I am going with male pronouns now for convenience.  If the fish decide they feel more like female fish, I will be first in line to buy them fish lipstick.

4 Comments

  1. are you suggesting that male fish would not be interested in fish lipstick? ’cause they might be…

    it’s good to have a pet. Goldfinder makes me think of Bond (which i typed first as ‘bong’ which would be something completely different) and Bond goes well with Blixt and Bling. Alternately, if you determine it’s a female fish, then maybe Goldilocks.

    What does Blixt mean?

  2. For “bling”, check the urban dictionary. Blixt is Swedish for “flash” or “lightning”.

    I guess if my fish really wants lipstick, I would get it. But not before talking about the failings of the beauty industry.

  3. I meant in Swedish. *knows what it means in english* I guess it doesn’t have a special, extra, meaning in Swedish.

    And yeah, you’d have to look into naturally eco-sensitive fish-friendly non-petroleum plant-based colours in lip stain that would not wash off in water before the fish was ready. If you were a “good” pet-owner that is.

    You probably wouldn’t have to worry about lipgloss.

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