Well Spring has been here and is now gone. You would never know it with all of the rain! We have had so much rain that I am telling people that we live in Seattle, Maine! We already have Paris, Moscow and even Madrid ( pronounce it like the one in Europe to tick off my friends-like Papa Skiddles-who insist that it is pronounced "Ma-drid-emphasis in the first syllable!)
Anyway, finally got my fishing license! Papa Skiddles taught me and now I can bait the hook with worms-ick! and take them off the hook and put them on the chain to be taken home where I then cut off their heads and gut the, and stack them in the freezer with the others. I feel proud putting food on the table the old fashioned way. Kinda gross but cool all the same! When we cook them, I found a great recipe. We have caught tons of perch, and sunfish (Tiffy loves those the most) and even a few bass (Heather caught those!). Yum in the pan! I wanted to take a break from fishing so we can eat the ones in the freezer. There is a lake in town where they bite and we take home at least four each time! Not bad for a Flatlander!
Now that it is Spring we have to make good use of the fire pit. It has rained so much though that it has only been used twice this year only!
The sheep have learned to swim though and can even tread water in the field! The kids have become avid polar swimmers since we have not had much sun to warm up the local swimming spots!
I am very proud of my adopted son Dave's graduation from college to join my daughter who is far away down south in Westbrook. I miss her sooooo much and send her my love on facebook-I always catch her on and Dave is quite avid about mafia wars! Dave had also been up here helping out my parents now that they are up from Florida. They love the rain here since it has not rained in Florida for months-I think it all came up here by mistake!
My friend Ezzie who I have known since the second grade whe we met at the Anna Ware Jackson School in Plainville, got sick of hearing why I can't go down to visit her and sent me a plane ticket. So I will be flying down there to visit her in Tennessee in July! Yea. I wonder what sun feels like-I will certainly find out! I have been wearing jeans since it is pretty cool up here in Maine and will have to search for my shorts.
