The picture above was taken more than three years ago. I'm only including it as the fish in the forefront was dead when I got up this morning. Sonny, a former fish, and Cher were purchased in October of 2005. When cleaning their bowl in November of that year, I used a brand-new kitchen sponge. It must've contained strong chemicals as Sonny died and Cher was extremely sick for several days. So that Cher would not be alone, I walked to a local pet shop that's now out of business. I picked up a fish which I named Milli Vanilli because vanilla is light coloured. Over the years, Milli lost the orange patch and developed eye trouble.
Now Cher has outlived two partners. If it weren't for Flickr and this blog, I wouldn't be able to recount many of the tiny details of life.