Introduce yourself
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Hello ladies, nice to see that there are four of us (and counting, hopefully!). This is from my initial ScapeCrunch Introductory post, which is also my build thread:
And so the hobby begins anew …
For some further introduction in this special forum that Art has so kindly created just for our, somewhat unique, group of women aquascape enthusiasts:
I am a 65 year old, married, retired dog groomer, but also have worked (and still am) as a Laboratory Supervisor for the Canadian Dept. of Fisheries Herring Biological Sampling Program, and am co-owner of the independent contracting company that carries out the work for the government.
I have always loved caring for living creatures, and my childhood and subsequent homes over the decades have always been filled with pets and plants. Dogs, cats, cockatiels, budgies, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, snakes, lizards, horses, chickens, peacocks, “pet” cows, goats, sheep, ponies, parrots, canaries, myna birds, turtles, salamanders, axolotls, iguanas, turkeys, ferrets, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, tarantulas, houseplants, vegetable gardens, carnivorous plant bogs, bonsai trees, goldfish, koi and AQUARIUMS!
Whew … I just relived my entire life in one flash!
I know I take after my father in my love of animals and one of my earliest memories is of creeping down to the basement rec room (early 1960’s) where he had an aquarium built into the wall. It was out of sight and mind and subsequently a mess, and it both scared and fascinated me with it’s gloomy waters and skeletons of dead fishes …
I was rarely without a fish tank of one sort or another for the rest of my life, other than the hiatus’s mentioned above.
However, none of them compare in beauty, gloriousness, joy and utter satisfaction to the tanks I have built for myself now. I feel like I am living in a renaissance time of knowledge, equipment, variety of flora and fauna, and just general accessibility to a successful endeavour. A big part of it, of course is being semi-retired and having the funds to do things right. I am so very grateful to be alive in such times as these ~•
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I will be very interested to hear your stories and experiences
And so the hobby begins anew …
For some further introduction in this special forum that Art has so kindly created just for our, somewhat unique, group of women aquascape enthusiasts:
I am a 65 year old, married, retired dog groomer, but also have worked (and still am) as a Laboratory Supervisor for the Canadian Dept. of Fisheries Herring Biological Sampling Program, and am co-owner of the independent contracting company that carries out the work for the government.
I have always loved caring for living creatures, and my childhood and subsequent homes over the decades have always been filled with pets and plants. Dogs, cats, cockatiels, budgies, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, snakes, lizards, horses, chickens, peacocks, “pet” cows, goats, sheep, ponies, parrots, canaries, myna birds, turtles, salamanders, axolotls, iguanas, turkeys, ferrets, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, tarantulas, houseplants, vegetable gardens, carnivorous plant bogs, bonsai trees, goldfish, koi and AQUARIUMS!
Whew … I just relived my entire life in one flash!
I know I take after my father in my love of animals and one of my earliest memories is of creeping down to the basement rec room (early 1960’s) where he had an aquarium built into the wall. It was out of sight and mind and subsequently a mess, and it both scared and fascinated me with it’s gloomy waters and skeletons of dead fishes …
I was rarely without a fish tank of one sort or another for the rest of my life, other than the hiatus’s mentioned above.
However, none of them compare in beauty, gloriousness, joy and utter satisfaction to the tanks I have built for myself now. I feel like I am living in a renaissance time of knowledge, equipment, variety of flora and fauna, and just general accessibility to a successful endeavour. A big part of it, of course is being semi-retired and having the funds to do things right. I am so very grateful to be alive in such times as these ~•
•~ I will be very interested to hear your stories and experiences