Fishing in the Freezer

Even though the temperature was below freezing -- 27 degrees -- I had to get a few casts in this morning. Result: Numb fingers and one bass. A little bass, but a bass nevetheless. About half a pound. Hit a silver weedless spoon in about three feet of water. Not the muskie I was looking for but a fish is a fish. I returned her to the lake to grow into a record.
The water temperature was 57 degrees.

Leaf Update

Because I have had no takers on my offer to sell leaves to the leaf-deprived of this world I will have to handle them some other way. So I have ordered a leaf mulcher which, if all goes as advertised, will provide plenty of cover for all of our plants and flower beds. It may also be fun to chop up all those weeds. A man cannot have too many tools.

Our fire department's "Red Hot Fire Sale" made our local paper again. The story was written by The One Whose Voice Must Be Obeyed.