Erns,
When she came into our pond in april 2006 she was 39 cm, last october she was 57 cm.
She will be three years in a couple of months and over a couple of weeks I make a new photo of her, she is from Aoi II and that is also Dainichi bloodline.
You have had a big growth with your Dainichi showa, my comliments, in Holland it is still cold, but we warm our pond during the winter, the water temperature is now 17 gr. so I hope that our showa is now 60 cm when we take new photos! I let you know..
Enjoy your "ugly duckling"

and keep us posted of her developping...
gr,
Ingrid