Hey! Our Boat Floats!

Today, we took the bass boat out on Lake Balboa (in HSV - about 10 minutes from our house). We fished for about 2+ hours (with no fish to show for it) and spent a lot of time cruising up and down the lake. The weather was beautiful: sunny and about 70 F but a bit windy. However, when you're zipping across the lake, who cares about the wind.

Here are a few shots of us loading the boat on the trailer at the end of our fishing/boating day.

Heading onto the trailer:

No problem! We got it trailered and were ready to go. With practice, we're getting better at that whole backing and loading thing...

Ikebana Sensei At Work!

Rosie really enjoys ikebana (Japanese art of flower arranging) and is also very good at it. On Monday, Cranfords - the local grocery store - has their flowers on sale (2 bundles for the price of 1). Rosie bought some flowers and made several arrangements for the house using some of our home grown grasses. They were really neat looking. I asked her to take some photos to post on the blog for others to enjoy.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Rosie's Bass

Today we went fishing on Lake Balboa. Rosie caught her first bass from the new boat. Luckily Bob was able to take a picture with his trusty cell phone.

Hopefully this will be the first of many. Bob also caught two bass, but Rosie's was bigger than either of his. We had great weather--sunny with the temperature in the upper 70's and low 80's.

Giant Spider Web - Not A Sci-Fi Movie

We were eating breakfast on the deck one morning when we looked up and saw this giant spider web in the trees next door. It was really impressive. The web must have been 7-8 feet in diameter.

Here's a close-up of the web. The strands are thick compared to other webs we've seen. We don't know if the dot at the center is the spider or not. We didn't really hang around to find out. This is a "serious" looking web.

We bet this poor spider worked all night to complete this web; however, it was gone the next day. At least we got to enjoy it for one morning; hope it was profitable for the spider.

New Addition to the Family

After years of looking, fretting, studying, etc., we finally took the plunge and bought a bass boat - a Ranger 178 VS. Here are a few shots. The boat filled our garage more than I expected. We knew it would be tight, but it sure filled the place up.

We could actually close the garage door. However, Mini had to move to the third garage. Here are some pictures of the boat outside:

The motor is a 150 hp Yamaha 4 stroke. Ideally, it should be fairly quiet.

We then decided to rent a storage space for the boat. Here's our boat in it's new home.Now - if it will only help us catch fish. We'll see!

Our "PET" Deer

We've had a mother deer and her two fawns hanging around our area for the last month or so. They don't seem to be afraid of us or our dog, Sam. They just look at us and keep on eating when we walk close. Here are some pictures of the deer between our house and the golf course.

Well, it's time to visit another feeding place. See you later kids!