Jay, Jeff, Tim, me and Lily did a little fishin' last Sunday on our pond and on our neighbor's pond. Okay, I didn't do any fishing this time and neither did Lily, but we were busy entertaining each other.
The fields are blooming with paintbrush right now and are just beautiful. We haven't had as many other wildflowers blooming this spring as we usually do and I miss them. 
Jeff and Jason did the bulk of the fishing. Jeff hated fishing when he was a kid. When I asked what changed his view, he said that no one ever told him fishing was just an excuse to sit in a chair and drink beer. Once he found that out, he was hooked.
We've had lots of bees this year - and we're glad to see them.
Lily's feet hurt in her boots, so she took them off (well, she fussed until one of us took them off for her, but it's all the same, right?)
This fishing set-up, below. Shermie was protecting everyone from attackers that might get us while we were facing the pond.
This is the first keeper fish of the day - but he's a
big one. Catfish. Given the drought a couple of years ago, we didn't think any of what we'd stocked in our pond was still there. But the catfish were definitely there.
Jay practices "catch & release" on this little guy.We went to the neighbor's pond to haul out some of their big ole' catfish. They have some grandaddys in there.
By this time, Lily was getting kinda tired.
She sat in the chair and just played with a little bag.
These were some of the big guys caught.
All-in-all, the catch that day was probably about 15 - 20 pounds of fillets. 
All done. On our way back to the house.
It is amazing to have our own pond to fish in. And going home with pounds and pounds of fresh, farm-raised catfish to eat is a great feeling.
Looks like fun!
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