Mattress topper and fish cull

On Saturday Tony and I popped out to do a bit of shopping. I bought a mattress topper for the bed in the hope that my hip will find it more comfortable.  I love a really (rock hard) mattress but I don't think my hip likes it at the moment. Someone suggested putting an old duvet under the bottom sheet and at first I considered that.  I discovered that we had gotten rid of the spare duvets as we just don't have room to keep them. The topper looks really cosy on the bed and with a bit of luck I will have a better night's sleep than I have been having. I've put fresh bedding on and the washing machine has just finished the load off the bed.  It can go out on the line and dry before being put away for the winter.  I am starting to want the cosy warm sheets on so when I next do a linen change I will be putting the snuggly ones on the bed. .

Another of the little fish has gone into the pond today.  It just hasn't thrived at all and we noticed last night that it is missing a big chunk of tail fin.  We think maybe one of the bigger fish has attacked it and it is too small to defend itself. For quite some time I was concerned that it isn't growing and knew that there must be something wrong.  I was still feeding it baby fish food as it couldn't manage the adult stuff. The kindest thing was to pop it into the pond and let Mother Nature take her course. At least it will have a quick swim of freedom before one of the big fish eats it.