Gone fishin', there's a sign up on my door

Yay, the Sun shone this morning!

Yesterday was lashing rain, today was the day for our barbie, but we cancelled because the forecast said sunny morning, heavy rain by the afternoon.

So, got dad up and took him fishing. He looks like one of those professional anglers in this shot.

Far from it.....the wheel has turned full circle. When we were kids dad used to take me and my sister fishing. I don't think he could have enjoyed it much, it was a constant succesion of tangles,hooks stuck in fingers, lost bits of equipment, missed bites, instructions on what we were doing wrong, wandering attention, the list is endless.

I got dad set up today, sat him down, baited his hook, cast in and sat back. I was ready for some gentle bits of advice(as fishing has changed a bit since dad gave up about 30 years ago), sudenly I realised I was saying: "Sit still! You missed that bite! How did you get it tangled like this? Careful, you'll fall in!"
I had to take a step back and remember this was the man who taught me, but now he's old, reactions aren't as fast, attention easily distracted, he's just enjoying being out with me, he doesn't mind if he catches any fish or not.

Dad caught 2 fish in 4 hours, he missed about 20 bites, but what the hell, he had a good time, and he caught 2 fish!

Now he's having a snooze, but you know what he asked before he went off for a "rest"?


Where are we going fishing on Friday!
Gotta love him!


And the promised rainy afternoon that caused the barbie to be cancelled?.........................Well it's 4.36 and not a drop of water has fallen from the sky!!!