We get a warm day so we slip over to Griffy and catch some bluegill.
Friday, May 24, 2019
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
When One Bluegill Is the Perfect Trip
This was today. We went to Griffy Lake for bluegill. Sebastian caught one pretty quickly--though it took him forever to winch it up to the deck. After making sure its throat was okay (it might have been okay, I don't know) he posed for the happy shot. Then just after I got the hook baited again he was ready for the next event on the agenda: going to the park to "make some new friends." Sounds good to me, Buddy.
Monday, May 20, 2019
"Variation on a Theme" by W.S. Merwin
We lost this great spirit and fearless observer of life on March 15.
Photo Credit: Matt Valentine
Thank you my life long afternoon
late in this spring that has no age
my window above the river
for the woman you led me to
when it was time at last the words
coming to me out of mid-air
that carried me through the clear day
and come even now to find me
for old friends and echoes of them
those mistakes only I could make
homesickness that guides the plovers
from somewhere they had loved before
they knew they loved it to somewhere
they had loved before they saw it
thank you good body hand and eye
and the places and moments known
only to me revisiting
once more complete just as they are
and the morning stars I have seen
and the dogs who are guiding me
late in this spring that has no age
my window above the river
for the woman you led me to
when it was time at last the words
coming to me out of mid-air
that carried me through the clear day
and come even now to find me
for old friends and echoes of them
those mistakes only I could make
homesickness that guides the plovers
from somewhere they had loved before
they knew they loved it to somewhere
they had loved before they saw it
thank you good body hand and eye
and the places and moments known
only to me revisiting
once more complete just as they are
and the morning stars I have seen
and the dogs who are guiding me
Rolf Nylinder/Channel Trailer 2019
Rolf's videos are always ahead of the pack. Sample some of his amazing images in this trailer for his YouTube channel.
Journey Into Spring: April 8, 2019
A bluebird comes out of the woods at Yellowwood as I launch. A good omen? Sometimes a bluebird is just a bluebird. The catching starts early but tapers off. I keep thinking fish are rising splashily behind me as I make my way down the shoreline (I'm traveling backwards in the tube) but it's only turtles plopping off their sunning perches. The day ends with swallows, bats, a fiery sunset, and a fragile crescent moon. All well worth the trip.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Journey Into Spring: April 6, 2019
March is gone but it's still spawning time for bass. I go low and slow, then go up top at dusk. The fish are waking up: I get the trifecta. But why is that bass so small?
The Creek
A little masterpiece by Rolf Nylinder. It inspired me to carry on with this blog, celebrating the place I find myself in.
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