prehistory was fab, and we did a fair bit of playing and chatting afterwards. SB and I did some music practices together, she is enjoying viola, even if doesn’t do it regularly, and has liked also a mediaeval simple recorder tunes book. She can play them v easily, but was going to suggest to Em that we might arrange some for tudor/kentwell kids easy playing. [especially if we can get our recorders to 'pass' by a bit of sanding and planing!] . SHe spent sunday morning catching up on some ‘normals’ – particularly music theory as the exam any minute now! BB also did some reading prac and much bouncing on the trampoline. We read some of a street through time together, as she likes doing the spotting, and she got out the calligraphy pens to do some writing – in her ‘own language’ tho!
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today was supposed to be getting new fish day, as having come back from prehistory we cleaned the wter and added plants, however it still hadn’t settled enough to be able to add fish 
hopefully later in the week! It is warm water aquarium, so we are thinking to choose from guppy, danio, platys, molly [?too big], tetra fish but will start with 4-6 fish. Can prob have at most 12 smallest fish of approx 1 inch, or 8- 10 of a mixture of 1-2 inch fish. all of these fish like to have more than one of them, tho platy can be fine on own, so we can’t have many types of fish, and apparently can breed, but may eat the little ones. hmm!
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Then we crafted – decorating heart pots. BB has hers mario themed, and SB plans to give hers as gifts, so fitting with the person they are going to. Nice and relaxing all together, with some hugging, snuggling, contemplating thrown in for good measure in the lovely conservatory. I also started making a shift – in fact pretty much finished it. I think it could do with being looser, so will adjust that for the next shifts! If it is too tight next summer i have a plan to add an extra panel along the side. that ought to do the trick!
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SB and I did some piano duetting together with our Jazz book, which we both enjoy – DH took a pic which i should add here 
and BB mostly pretended to be a dog! then we read a bit together, watched a dvd about volcanos, but more specifically the hawaian islands, and i learned about basalt and runnier lava. girls played a wii game together.
Finally snuggling up to watch the week befores merlin, from being in hastings and have this weeks to watch at some point. A lovely chilled and relaxing day . However, didn’t play a wii game with them, or a board game . Must try harder!!
I like shoals so would have tetras of different types. When I had mine (12yoish). I had lots of though and loved that . tho iirc my mollies got mouldy and I had angel fish (think) that had their long fflowibg fins nibbled by other fish which was upsetting. Also had a bottom feeder (roach?) to help clean. I do like fishtanks but maintenance got to be difficult and it was less attractive then.
i think i would get platys, having seen them in the shop
many diff colours and the shoal thing! think we might get 2 of them next. we have got ‘small molly’ rather thn the sailfins, which only grow to 6cm. tho one of them doesn’t look much like the other!