Bean has been really into fishing as of late. I mostly blame it on Curious George (which we have been reading every.single.night since Christmas – argh!). She has a really long stick that we sit with on the dock and put down in the water – that is our pretend fishing. Our pond is really clear this year, and we can see the fish actually come up to the end of her stick to check it out. My dad loves to fish, everytime they come to visit he brings his gear and spends some time out next to our tiny little pond. Catch and release, of course. He usually will get one a day, it is as if the one that he manages to catch goes back and tells all the others to lay low.
Bean, AKA she with the memory of an elephant, remembered that Pop-Pop fishes for real in the pond (it has been frozen for their last few visits) and wanted to fish with him. So, he brough up the cane poles that my brother and I used as kids, and a-fishing they went. He brought live worms and fake, as Grandma was worried she would not be keen on the live ones. She was interested, and certianly not volunteering to put them on the hook, but there was no squeamishness. She did really well, Pop-Pop helped her cast the line out, and she patiently sat there. Over the course of two hours she caught 2 fish. I could not believe that a) she sat there for 2 hours, or b) she managed to catch two fish in one day! I think my dad was beside himself with glee.
We had a really nice, warm weekend. The visit was good, and the weather was perfect! My daffodils are all coming up (even through all the dead weeds I need to get cleaned up). I am so glad that spring is finally here. I was beginning to think it would never come. I am also pretty exicted, we have a pair of wood ducks hanging around. It would be awesome if they set up their home on our property. I figure we can keep the racoons full on cat food, and maybe they will leave their eggs alone.
