Life in the Country- Fish Tricks and Wooly Worms

  Another week, more color…

   A good time to entertain friends who’d never seen the little log cabin.  Cold enough to send the snakes shivering underground so we could tramp around the old Wade home place.

  Mert’s trained the fish to do tricks in return for Saltine cracker crumbs.  But with it so cold, they wouldn’t even surface to show off for the city girls.  It was sad. Other than “Surface and Eat” the little bass don’t really know too many tricks and it was supposed to be the highlight of the farm tour.

  At least we were able to accurately predict the rest of the winter’s weather. We found a Wooly Worm with two thick, black lines. 

  I think this means two snow storms…or not…I couldn’t find the Wooly Worm Prognostication Manual.

 

But the leaves and the color, the crisp bite to the air, surely that made up for the lack of fish tricks and cable car rides to the top of the mountain.

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The La-Dee-Dahs Dance Off...

Like I said in my last post...Saturday night was one for the books. Even the Eldest Unnamed One got in on the action...












Poor old Mertis said the whole thing set her head to whirlin'...



I'd say we all needed to blow off a little steam, especially in light of the sadness that colored so much of the week. Of course, the Eldest Unnamed One has never been much for staying gloomy. Even wearing their teal colored shirts in tribute to the lost Trae, The Eldest managed to throw in his opinion of me lining them up at 8 a.m and insisting on taking their pictures...




Of course, The Youngest Unnamed One is never one to let his opinion about things go unnoted. He didn't even need to say a word- his body language says it all.