A Sunday Without Fishing

I tweeted it, I posted it on Facebook, but I’ll say it again – not fishing on a Sunday sucks! My plans for yesterday involved hitting Belwood Lake for some opening weekend pike (and possibly walleye) action.

My water heater had other ideas.

When I stopped myself just short of jumping into a freezing cold shower yesterday morning, I quickly realized the water heater had issues. After phone calls and what we thought was a lucky break, it looked like we would have a service technician out and hopefully have the problem repaired early enough to go fishing.

Nope.

As minutes turned into hours and the afternoon dragged on, it became obvious that a fishing trip was out of the question.

Again, no fishing, especially on the weekend, really sucks.

Since I was getting itchy about not fishing I went outside and got to work. It’s amazing how much work you can get done when you’re motivated.

Darrell spent five hours cutting grass.

I hit the gardens.

I started in my perennial garden. I spent ages here, putting in new plants, weeding, aerating the soil. And there is still so much work to do! I need to do more weeding (although weeding never really ends), I need to add mulch, I need to clean up the border… The canoe will be turned into a garden when I find enough soil for it.

The dogs enjoyed being outside.

I built this fence yesterday to try and hide the pipes and whatnot coming out of the basement. I’m thinking that a clematis growing all over the fence would look nice.

This tulip is finally starting to bloom. I love this tulip – it’s such a beautiful, dark shade. I really have to move it out of the manure pile once it’s finished blooming.

Jack spent the afternoon keeping an eye on things – as he usually does.

Molly spent the afternoon playing and lounging about – as she normally does.

The bleeding hearts are growing nicely – despite Molly’s repeated attacks on them (why she thinks she can run right through them is beyond me).

My bulb garden. I love puttering in this one and enjoying the colors. Once the tulips are done the peonies will be coming in.

It was a very productive day spent outside, enjoying the sunshine. I love working in the gardens and spending time with the dogs.

But I still wish I had gone fishing.

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argosgirl

Sporadic blogger and sometimes podcaster who loves fishing, the outdoors, hanging with her animals, gardening, and reading manga.

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2 Responses

  1. River Mud says:

    Ha ha, and if you’re like me, no one reads your gardening posts anyway 🙁

    • argosgirl says:

      LOL yep, this post didn’t get much attention. Oh well, I needed to rant about not getting to fish and I like talking about my gardens, even if no one wants to hear/read it 🙂

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