We went out for a walk in the neighborhood this Bank Holiday Monday and while on our travels, we happened upon a pond inhabited by these rather elegant and energetic Koi fish.

I took the below video and suggest watching it in full screen mode in the hope that you will find it as relaxing as I do.

I’m told that the collective noun for Koi is a Koromo, but I’m not exactly sure if that’s the truth – or even if these fish were definitely Koi. Whatever the case, it was a pleasure to watch them going about their business, indifferent to the worries of the world above the shallows. Koi by name, coy by nature.

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