"Carpe Diem" Or As I Say.."Fish Of The Day"
Just in case you doubted...I do catch some great fish down here...Take this nice Snook for example..(even though he looks dead he was released unharmed..Lisa) as a matter of fact that picnic table is over three feet wide...(just kidding this table is a miniature table at the end our local dock..about two and a half feet) but still a nice fish...This year so far I have caught plenty of Reds, Snook, Trout and Pompano and scores of fun fish that are not good to eat but fight like Jack Bauer backed into a corner....
Had a great birthday...a group of my friends (Shirley , Flo and Helen pic on left)and I went to a local Pub and listened to half of my favorite group...Smoked Mullet..the two of them call themselves "Finger Mullet" (a fishing reference..a young Mullet is called a "Finger Mullet")....Picture is of whole group...got to dance a little and drink a lot...slept til noon....they tell me that I had a great time....Here I'm well on my way as evidenced by the "Where am I" .."What Day Is It?" look on my face.....That's my boy Kyle..Says he's found his goal in life...he wants to be President...Hey, now that we know anybody can...you go Kyle..."W" and Obama are so far apart it would take light ten years to get from one to the other...if they could do it so can you....
Speaking of smoked mullet....here is the real thing...my next door neighbor Chris..who is also a very accomplished artist...he carves small and large marine life pieces and in the next installment I'll show you a few....he also smokes mullet as well as other fish...I got to sample one of these smoked Redfish and can't wait for more.....
Dearborn Street had it's First Annual Art Walk in October and it was very successful...my friend Richard was the featured artist at the Englewood Art Gallery here in town... you can check out or buy some of his work on line at... www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/seagull ...
Forgot why I took this picture..Oh Yeah!..the half naked girl in the background..body painting is an art form isn't it?...Sign me up...I just found a new hobby...
Halloween in Englewood is a very special event...for the past ten years or so the merchants on Dearborn Street all get together and invite all trick or treaters to a safe walk for treats...it has become so popular that the crowd has grown to nearly ten thousand in the last two years...it's an all day event and some of the costumes are hilarious.....
Not that my friend Tony's is that funny..I just don't know what or who he was supposed to be...at least I think it was a costume..with Tony you never know for sure....Maybe the surprise comes when he opens the coat...don't know...even if I did...I wouldn't say.....
T.W.C.G. had her Halloween with Mom and Dad and she just can't get any cuter...got lots of candy...and enjoyed her first real Holloween (to young for the last one) ...of course like most of us...to much of a good thing finds you passed out in some very strange places and positions...
Looks like Dad had to work on Halloween...it will be any day now and our new baby Caley will arrive on the planet...God gives us miracles every day....
My friend Lisa has gone to Greece...she had found an old high school friend on line and they got to talking....her friend invited her to come stay awhile...at least a month...and she may consider staying for even longer....we'll miss her but what a fantastic adventure...she'll have to come back and get her dogs so I know we will see her again...and even if she decides to live there she will come back for visits...I've talked to her a couple of times and she is having a ball...the only pic I got before she left was at her going away party...Kyle and she had to stand under a light because all I had was my cell phone camera...I have been amazed at how well that thing works...most of the shots in my blog are from the cell phone....what did we ever do without them...I know one thing...I used to have dozens of phone numbers memorized that I couldn't even attempt to recall now....I don't want technology to do so much for me that my mind turns to mush...so I ponder Quantum Physics and my place on the continuous chain that is mankind's existence...yeah sure!....I'm lucky if I remember what day of the week it is...
Here is a picture for you to ponder...do you think this is Mother Nature's way of saying..."Have A Nice Day"...what a fantastic shot....
That's All For Now....
Semper Fi...
Live, Love, Laugh, Fish
Monk
