Fishin' with my Daddy, Sunflowers

Last Saturday, I went fishin with my Daddy. We had such fun! He has access to a couple of private lakes and they are full of crappie, perch and bass. Every time you cast, you catch somethin'! Below's an awful picture of me holding up one of my catches. It was hotter'n heck, but we stayed up under the boathouse instead of going out in the boat and fryin'. Daddy had some old shrimp in the freezer that we cut up to use for bait. I love me a good crappie or perch fish fry! The meat is so white and mild, not fishy at all. Here's a pic of Daddy with one of his bass. He is a FISHIN' MACHINE!

I've always been a Daddy's girl all my life. I still spend as much time with him as I can. I wish I had a photo of us together fishin', but there was only the two of us. I was catchin and he was cleanin. Mom tells me the story from when I was little - 2 or 3 years old. I followed my Dad around like a puppy anytime he was at home. He was alway busy doin somethin'. He is a mechanic, he can fix anything, make anything, patch anything, you name it. Whenever I would ask, "Doin', Daddy?" he would always answer, "Aw, um, business." He probably told me that a 100 times. One day, I was following him around watchin what he was doin, and said, "Doin', Daddy? Binness?" He fell out laughin! I still follow him around today. We make stuff together, repair stuff together, go fishin', garden, whatever he's doin, I wanna do. I sure hope the Lord lets him stay with me for a good long time. I don't know what I'll do when he's gone...
Now, here's a couple of shots of my sunflowers from the garden. This big ole bumblebee kept flyin around me and the flowers and finally landed on this big flower so he got his picture made. I love sunflowers - they're so cheery and smiley, and they look "farm-ie". I'm for all things "farm-ie" lookin'!You can see our little farmhouse in the background. It's been so dry, the ground is crinkly and the bermuda is brown. We did get a little rain Sunday, I think, and that ole bermuda will green back up in no time. I hope we get some more this week. The only thing left in my garden is some green beans, and some late peas. If I get real industrious, I may try a fall garden this year. My roses look beautiful and so does the plumbago. The June bugs are flourishing and have found a little gap in the weatherstripping on the back door and are making themselves very comfortable inside the laundry room of the farmhouse. They love to get their legs tangled up in the rug and make me have to get down on my hands and knees and pick them off!

Pulled up the last of my onions. I have alot of 'em in the shed and these babies will join them. I do still have to dig up my Yukon potatoes. I've got several good size ones, but thought I'd wait just a week or so longer on them... Well, my boy leaves for England tomorrow. I'm missin' him already. It's hard to think about him bein' half-way around the world and I can't get to him. I know he's gonna have a wonderful time at the university over there, get to do some traveling while in Europe and see and do things that I'll probably never get to see and do. Princess is taking her finals from summer school this week. It's been busy... update on MIL - she's continuing to do better each day in her new assisted living apartment village. She's meetin people (even tho she can't remember their names) and eatin well, and enjoying herself. It's a good feelin to know that she's in a safe place and is being looked after and taken care of.

Anybody having problems with blogger this morning? On my favorite blogs to visit, it wasn't listing their latest post - it was taking me directly to a "feed" to subscribe to. It wouldn't let me do anything! Drat!

Have a good one, friends!