Thinking Out Loud

Just messing around, because it’s been a rainy weekend.  My pond, as seen by the koi and goldfish Read the rest of this entry »

My last day in Maui and we’re up around 4:00 am so we can drive to Lahaina to be on the boat by 5:30.  Sherry, Herb, Audie and I are going deep sea fishing.

With this many fishing rods (6 in total) we have to catch something! Read the rest of this entry »

We were on our way at about 5:30 am to snorkel our way around the Island of Lanai.  I was looking forward to this.  I had been scuba diving a couple of times – but only in dirty old Saskatchewan water and this sounded fun.

We arrived at the docks at Lahania around 6:30 and once everyone was fitted with fins and snorkel gear – all given special names by the Captain of the boat and her crew – we headed out to sea.  My mask and snorkel was called Mahi-Mahi.  Mahi-mahi is Hawaiian for dolphin fish.

I had bought a small digital camera that was waterproof the day before just for the trip.  Yeah – I know – I really needed another camera.  But I didn’t think saltwater would be good for my SLR, considering how my cell phone reacted to dampness.

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Once again, the goldfish have decided to reproduce.  There’s a new batch hatched every two or three days.  Read the rest of this entry »

I like to watch TV channels like Discovery, Civilization, History, etc. I can usually find something that is interesting and maybe even educational.

The other night, I had the Animal Planet channel on, and in the “coming up next” promos was a show on the “fascinating and deadly vampire fish recently discovered in South America”. Now that sounds good. Vampire fish. Not vicious, flesh eating piranha or sharks, but real, honest to god, blood-sucking vampire fish… Read the rest of this entry »

Last week I finally bought an aquarium big enough to hold the goldfish and koi over the winter. I decided this year I would bring the fish in before I had to go ice-fishing. We haven’t had a serious frost yet, or any snow, but I’m pretty sure it’s coming.

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For the last week I’ve been spending most of my time working in the yard of my “other” house. I understand that my priorities are probably not in the right place. I should be working inside the house so that I might be able to move into it in the near future.

Well, in a couple of weeks I hope to actually have the back yard done, so there’s always the possibility that a bucket of common sense will splash on me, and the inside work (where you actually live and eat and sleep) that should be done will be done. Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday morning I went fishing with Sherry and Herb at the Craik Regional Park. I bought a fishing rod and reel, the angler’s license, and left home with a positive attitude.

I had been promised that there would be good fishing because my guides knew all of the good spots. As it turns out, there was only three or fish in the whole lake, and Sherry caught them all. Two of them were worth keeping, one of them was a little iffy, and the one to the left was nothing more than a large guppy. Read the rest of this entry »

Somewhere in my fish pond live about 12 fish. There are some koi, shubunkins, and common goldfish. Read the rest of this entry »