Yesterday, the weather forecast called for scattered snow flurries over my entire 4 hour drive home, so my daughters and I got into the car and headed here. It took over 6 hours,with a large snowfall, high winds, whiteouts and ice. The storm must have stalled over the region, because it just kept coming, contrary to the predictions. I'm an experienced bad weather winter driver, from an old job I had, and it was never that dangerous - although a lot of cowboy drivers headed for the ditches and fields. Steady with total concentration got us home, but it was a long day.
On the way out of the biggish city, I hit a good aquarium store, so I have a wee shoal of Pseudomugil gertrudae, some Taiwan moss and my first linebred fish in many years. It was inspired by
@gwand - locally bred Apistogramma cacatuoides double or triple red. They are young and barely sexable, but a couple. If they become a pair, they'll remind me of the wild form I may never see again, and any young will always be in demand.
I had all these tanks prepped for the shipment canceled by the previous day's storm, and who can look at empty tanks? And this way, I can market myself to you guys as slightly less of a wild type purist.
So now, the whole family is here for 10 days. This afternoon, the cousins, nieces, nephew, and their kids flood into town, and it will be fun. With Christmas falling on a wednesday, people patched together vacation days to make a week of it. It should be enjoyable.
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Happy Christmas time to all of you!
