It was New Year’s Day! What an exciting year lay ahead for Jocelyn! Her youngest daughter was expecting twins in March! A granddaughter was to be married in April! Jocelyn and hubby would celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in July; they were going to Vienna! Jocelyn was putting in a fishpond! I know it’s a silly thing, but Jocelyn had always wanted a fishpond, and it was in the making! No water yet, she was letting the concrete “season”. Not to mention all the little delightful things that could happen in the coming year, such as going for walks, and camping trips, and… and… just smelling the flowers!
Oh what a happy day! The children and their spouses and all the grandchildren came for lunch! Jocelyn had prepared simply cold meats and salads.
Everyone had a great time. And so, Dear Reader, may you have a wonderful year too! This story goes to show that bad things don’t always happen in these tales. So many of you are so darn cynical, expecting me to kill everyone off in a story. But no one drowned in the fishpond, for example. That comes later. The fishpond’s not finished yet.
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I have to confess I… never mind 😉
Happy New Year!
Inese
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My money is on one or both of the expected twins….
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The plot thickens!
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A cautious Happy New Year.
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I need a break, Yvonne. I wonder if, in my absence, you could feed the fish?? 😀
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No, I’m really busy. Perhaps Cynthia???
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You’re as cunning as a shark.
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I’ve learned a lot from you and Cynthia! See you can teach an old mutt new tricks.
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There’s other fish to fry.
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I don’t like fish. Why should I encourage them?
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Because it’s better to be a fishmonger than a gossipmonger. (I just made that up…!)
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I once had two pet goldfish named Ebenezer and Florence, or Ebb and Flo. They up and died after a very short life, and we flushed them down the toilet.
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Love the names! I had a Reginald and an Owen – but they were named after the local cardinal and bishop.
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That’s a good one Bruce – make a story out of that!
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Only amonger friends!
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Friends? What friends?
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Why bother with the pond. We know the fish won’t survive.
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I agree. The fish are a bit of a red herring.
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Happy New Year, Bruce! I’m looking forward to reading more in 2016 🙂
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Thank you, Laine Anne. Have a brilliant year!
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Cynics? What cynics? Where?
Happy New Year to you my friend! It’s warm and sunny and [probably momentarily] windless here in the Riviera of Antarctica. Are you going to continue kil – er – writing daily stories this year?
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Happy windless New Year to you too Pauline. After three days of sunny weather Foxton has declared a drought and forbidden garden watering! It will soon spread no doubt to Levin! I shall continue to kil – er – write the daily stories!
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That is hilarious! Foxton obviously leads the world in water conservation!
And I shall continue to read ’em – God help me!!
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Foxton, of course, is famous for its water tower!
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There’s got to be a catch. E coli in the cold meats?
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A dash of salmonella with a splash of campylobacter might be just what the doctor ordered!
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I figured they’d all get food poisoning from the salads! Happy New Year, dear friend! May you keep entertaining us!
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Happy 2016 to you too, Noelle. And getting food poisoning from salads is far too slow a death for flash fiction! There’s just not the time!
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Laughed out loud at this one.
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Nothing like drowning in a fish pond to get the funny bone going!
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Something about not choking on the bone. Then you laugh at my wit.
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I laugh! To wit (tu woo)
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To wu, too.
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Forgive my belated visit to the fishpond —it’s not completed anyway. May the tempest of stories keep raging in you oasis fishpond after fishpond. Wish a very Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
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Happy New Year to you too! May it be a fruitful one!
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Enjoyed this, and the comments made me remember my two goldfish, Sad and Lonely. Then Sad died, leaving only and truly Lonely. The unexpected happy ending is a surprise in itself.
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Thank you! And a may you have a golden year!
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