Landlocked Mermaid

Last year, we expanded on the inflatable aquarium by introducing real fish. Not just flopping about in the living room, I assure you. But real, live fish in a tank. We started with a small tank and the few fish that came free with it. You may remember them from the tour I did of the tank. But my partner likes to think big and he had plans for something more epic. Change is staring you down! The plan: Make an aquarium with a land mass full of plants. Add toy sharks and dinosaurs, because why the hell not. Complete with running river. The land mass frame Adding the foam Testing it fits Painting it to look like rock It has taken him the better part of a year to make the land mass. It might have gone quicker if I helped, like I was supposed to. But a combination of struggling with mental health and an aversion to CDT made me more than useless. Just being in the garage stressed me out! And when asked on which would be the best materials and the ho...

Guess what! Guess what! This is my 100th post. How awesome is that?! Here's to the next 100. I've been mulling over what to do for this post for a while now. Not because it was specifically the 100th post but because of the way the end of April and start of May fell. My four week schedule did not fit it very nicely! But then my partner reminded me of the camera I received for my Birthday and how I had yet to test it. We have diving trips coming up soon and I would very much like to be able to post my own diving photos, so it is about time I learned how to use my shiny new camera. (Thank you, mum and sisters!) But what could I test it in? We have pool sessions every Thursday, but are currently still receiving training for the Sport Diver course. So I cannot guarantee that I would have the time to have a play. Plus, it's a pool, there's nothing to take pictures of except abandoned plasters by the drain. We do, however, have an aquarium. Of the non-inflatable ...