BACK ON DRY LAND

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to a bright and sunny Saturday.  I can`t quite believe how nice it is today after the grey days of this last week.  Anyway the fisherman has returned, so on with his story.

Steve, Ted, Jim and Mark.

When Jim got home last night he didn`t look very well at all.  He told me that he had been quite seasick.  He was feeling a bit off colour when he got up and is still feeling a little unwell and I think it may be a virus.

Regardless of that he said he was there to fish and fish he did.  He caught several dogfish/huss or rock salmon depending on what you call it.  His mate Mark couldn`t put a foot wrong and was catching constantly all day long, much to the dismay of John, though standing next to him on the boat, didn`t even have a catch!  Mark`s moment of triumph came when he caught an 18 and a half pound rayfish.  Jim said he was delighted to have caught it as you can see by the look on his face.  Of course the rayfish was going home to be eaten and along the rest of the day`s haul.  None of us know what rays taste like so will we await Mark`s verdict.

Unfortunately one of the party Glynn couldn`t make it yesterday,  but the remaining five have already started to think ahead to their next trip, though I must admit to having doubts about Jim going sea-fishing in the winter when the weather is bad.  I think he`ll most likely not go again until the spring, by that time he will be raring to go again.

Heading out to sea.

Yesterday Kerry and I had a really long, but enjoyable day shopping.  I got up at 6.45am, breakfasted and showered, did some housework, walked Jake and checked my email before Kerry picked me up at 10.30.  We had fun Christmas shopping and Roman slept most of the time in his pram, only waking to be fed and changed, while we tramped around the shops.  We stopped for a coffee in a place called BB`s, while we were sitting there we heard a scream behind us, it turned out that a pigeon had walked into the shop and under a table where a couple of women were sitting.  It carried on unnoticed for a while until it tried to fly away straight at one of the women who were sitting at there.  The shop owner came over waving a tray around trying to scare the bird away, which he eventually did.  It was so funny to watch!

When we got home it was 5.30 and I had to walk Jake again, I really didn`t feel like it so I just left my shopping on the dining room table and went straight back out with him before I got too comfortable.  By the time I sat down at the computer I was too tired to post an entry and read journals instead.  Jim and I sat and watched the the West Wing on TV and then retired for the night completely shattered.

This morning we had lunch at the garden centre cafe, afterwards I suggested going for a drive in the country to see the autumn leaves but despite driving a fair distance we didn`t see very much at all.  I`ll just have to wait longer for more colour, though I have seen a couple of maple trees that are a fiery red.  They were none in Burnham Beeches or Egypt and I didn`t want to drive further afield as Jim wanted to get home to prepare the fish for cooking tonight.  Oh yes, I`ll be cooking a fish supper tonight and I`m so looking forward to it.

That`s it from me today.  I hope you have a lovely, restful weekend and take care of yourselves.

 

 

PURE TRIVIA

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up to the sky.

The man who invented FM radio was Edwin Armstong.  The first men to use FM radio to communicate with Earth from the Moon`s surface were Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

Camel-hair brushes are made from squirrel hair.

Genghis Khan1s original name was Temujin.  He started out as a goatherd.

The Lazy Susan is named after Thomas Edison`s daughter.  He invented it to impress a gathering of industrialists and inventors.

Mickey Mouse`s ears are always turned to the front, no matter which direction his nose is pointing.

Cows give more milk when they are listening to music.

Mozart never went to school.