Friday, May 20, 2011

The passing of time

January’s freezing temperatures thawed like icicles dripping off a roof...slowly. February and March were dry and windy blowing the remnants of the dead leaves off the trees…not at all like southeast Texas winters. April showers did not happen, a drought gripped Texas. May flowers only occurred after much watering…so the months dissolved into one another with no clear arrival of spring.

Dreary as that may sound there were many crisp and crystal clear days to enjoy, no one wanted to rush the heat of summer. The tomatoes plants seemed to thrive with the cool weather, the grass lush and green, and the catfish off the dock were plentiful…so it is hard to complain (too much).

Today we are watching another line of thunderstorms headed toward southeast Texas, hoping that “this” line will hold together. Lately these lines tease us…roaring toward us we store the lawn furniture and loose items…only to have them “fizzle” out just before arriving….like I said “teasing” us!

Maybe today?

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Great Day!!!

With the winds of late on our minds we awoke on Friday morning for a scheduled trip out on Lake Livingston...it was "great", flat and smooth.
Our good friends were in town and we were going to "try" and find some white bass for a fish fry. Now bear in mind that we haven't been out fishing this year (Lady Wings is the fisherperson...she'd already caught four nice catfish off the dock) and our friends had never caught any white bass on the old 190 roadbed. So...with all that we headed out early (in case the winds kicked up later) with little expectations but having a "great" day on the lake.

With the GPS we found the roadbed and started trolling. Nothing...then one, then two...then two at the same time. And so it went...slow (but we are all novices) until we had both live wells full of fish. "Great"!!!

And so the morning went...the ladies catching most of the fish and the guys driving and repairing lines...yes we lost a few to snags. One funny snag resulted in pulling up our "previous" snag...complete with Jet Diver and Pet Spoon!

"Great day" of fellowship and fun...and a few fish.

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I am a retired corporate pilot, thiry nine years of roaming around the world for an oil company. The Good Lord knew we would need oil...unfortunately He put it in difficult places, deserts, jungles, artic regions and every other inhospitable place you can imagin, no five star hotels there!



Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee