F I S H ! ! !

The girls went shopping and the guys went fishing - I wonder who had the most fun.  As you can see, the guys made out like bandits - got their limit of walleye and 5 bass. 
Guess what is for dinner tomorrow nite...F I S H ! ! !

See Ya Bye

JUST ONE MORE MOTH...

Rick and Joan spotted this one in their hedge - any ideas on what it is?  I tried to look it up but couldn't find it.  You can't tell but it is a good size.  I'll keep looking and let you know if I find it.

But I promise, this is the last one - maybe...

It is a Eacles Imperialis.  I just looked it up on-line.

ELLIOT LAKE

Elliot Lake is not that far away from us and the situation there during the past few days is hard to imagine.  One confirmed dead, 30 missing and now they have just changed the mission from rescue to recovery which means that they don't expect to find survivors.  There was one confirmed survivor on Sunday because with their equipment they could hear breathing but it is just not safe to try and find that person.
Elliot Lake has a  great  mining history and I know that during mine rescues, they never gave up until every man was recovered - I don't know why they can't do the same in this instance.
My thoughts and prayers are with them.

RICK'S BASS

Another nice nite so Rick and Rejean just went out on our lake for some fishing and what a nite they had.  Here is a sample of some of our bass.  It is always catch and release the bass so that someone else can enjoy them.
See Ya Bye

ANOTHER BIG FISH FOR ME

I wasn't going to pick this baby up for a picture - just keep it in the net!!  It had teeth!!!  Rick, Rejean and myself went out on Tunnel again last nite - another beautiful evening.  I hooked into a small  bass and this one.  I had had a snag and lost the whole set up and while Rejean was retying my rod, he let me use his rod.  And guess what happened - I hooked into this beauty.  Again it felt like a snag but then it started pulling drag!!  A lot of drag!!  I only had 6 pound test on my slow death riggin'.  After what seemed like a long time we finally got it in the net and in the boat - I had hooked him in the corner of his mouth - you can see a bit of blood from his mouth - this did not hurt him in an way.  That is why I didn't loose him - if it had been in his lips or the front of his mouth, he would have cut the line in an instant.  We got some pictures and let him go to fight another fight. 
It was about 3 feet long and the guys guessed over 10 pounds!!  It was the biggest fish I have ever caught.

Rejean wants credit as well because it was his rod.... and the drag was set just right and my rod may not have been so I thank Rejean for that.  AND he netted it  so credit where credit is due.

Needless to say, I was happy!!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE REALLY GETTING OLD WHEN YOU...

...spend Friday nite applying on line for your CPP...

Yes boys and girls, I am getting to that magic number 6-0 (not for another 8 months)  But isn't it supposed to be the new 40??  I don't know about you but I am still amazed that I have almost reach that plateau.  I don't feel that old altho when I look in the mirror, I do see things that weren't there before.  Things I have no control over so I have come to embrace them.  I wear my silver hair with pride and I have earned every single  laugh and worry line on my face.

It just gets better every year!!!

YOU ASKED FOR IT - BUT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T

Here's that picture of the Modest Sphinx Moth and, as you can see if you scroll down to the 4 moth post from a week ago, it is the 4th previously unidentified moth.  Isn't the internet great!!!  Now you know.