It's December....tomorrow

I can't get over how quickly time is flying. Crazy, really.

Have to post the beautiful steelhead...and let me just say, I am blissed out these days.

grateful grateful grateful....I don't want to lose sight of it for a moment.

More of the fish!!

I mean really - the boat goes in here?

Brad's friend and our shuttle hero

Can you see it down there??

Brad and Kelsey with the first fish of the day

Sunday November 16th was one of those extraordinary days where the weather, the friends, and the adventure came together to make a day of delight and wonder. Brad and Kelsey invited me to fish from their drift boat. We left their place around 6am and explored several options for the best waters. Picking a drift boat launch that in no way resembled (to me) a place to put a boat in the water - think steep slope, tress and shrubs and barely a place to pull off along side of the road - and the next thing I know, Brad says, "Push" and there goes the boat, crashing down down down toward the water. Right up till it decided to turn right, into the trees.

The slope was such that I navigated to the stopping point by way of my bum in on the wet leaves a few times, but remarkably, everything was still tucked neatly inside, there was no damage, and a few heaves and hos and poof - the boat was in the water.

Shuttle the rig to the take out point, and we were fishing.

Brad had obviously taught Kelsey well, as once we reached the first hole, with little instruction, she let out line to the appropriate distance and before Brad could say OK, let the next pole out - ziiiiing - the first fish was on!

I might have the count wrong, but I think we brought in 6 of the 8 or 9 we had on. All gorgeous, all wild Coho - happily back in their river.

And here it is all organized....YEAH!!

Putting it together

I bribed Julie with wine for her help putting the 8 tables together...wine and drills...yikes

Craft room project

ok....it is done for now.

Still a lot of stuff in that room but at least I can find it all now. Shall we start with the embarrassing "before" pictures? How did that room get so trashed?

I have started again. For real. I am tired of looking at runners and feeling guilty; feeling like I should be out there. I feel better when I do. There is no denying that. It is all about making it habit again. And for that, Julie is helping. Hard to stay in bed when someone is waiting at your door.

30 mins today. The first day of the new regime. I'll celebrate once I get a few runs under my belt and when my legs quit their whining. Shouldn't be too long.

Fishing tomorrow...YEAH!

ok, today is in fact Tuesday, which makes tomorrow the ever loved mid-week fishing trip - I am not sure there is much better. Fishing instead of working...yummy. I hope to have photos of the bounty but for now I post this gorgeous piece of bronze art...in honor of the fish we will be catching tomorrow.

I am so grateful for fishing friends.

Do I have abnormal amygdala issues?

Cause frankly, I am not understanding my feelings....welcome to November I guess.