Missing You, Checkers...

The girls goldfish, Checkers died tonight. We have had him for 16 months and all of us have grown pretty fond of him. We will miss watching this graceful beauty swimming around in the bowl, it was quite relaxing to just sit there in front of him.

The girls had won Checkers and his two pals, Goldy & Ginger at a church carnival in March of last year. Since Goldy & Ginger died it has been just Checkers for a while now. Mia, Madeline & Molly are in this picture, too.

Less than a month after winning the three of them, Grandma bought them a more suitable bowl to hang out in with a neat hiding spot in the bell.

Here he is back in January of this year... swimming solo at that point.

This was just last week. We had a feeling it would not be long since he was not eating much anymore. :(

We'll miss you, Checkers!