With the decline in traffic here, more time has been given to the Beginners' forum on the AKA site. In fact I guess I am the AKA beginners' committee until reinforcements are brought in.

You guys (using the term amazingly loosely) on Guppylog are very important to me though. I'll try and start more threads here. Really glad if that auction thing is of use to you. One always wonders if anything put up here or elsewhere is of any value to people.

If someone else hears of another event, please feel free to mention it. Also there are several guppy clubs not hosting major shows this year. That doesn't mean that local meetings would not be a great experience to a visitor. ;)

While walking the schnoodle I took quite a pratfall on the icy sidewalk. (Never put in a backyard fence. We need the exercise and I worry about coyotes at night bushwhacking the 22 pound pooch.) X-rays of the shoulder and arm showed no broken bones. But it has been a couple of months, until very recently, that I felt limber enough to do much tank maintenance. And I'm lazy enough without excuses to avoid lifting... So much for New Year's Resolutions. ;)