A Fish Tale

(Emma’s flowers)

I’m starting with Emma’s flowers, which served as our centerpiece for Sunday’s dinner. She picked them in our yard.

I figure the flowers can serve as the nice part of this post about food, or food possibilities.

Our pond is well stocked with fish. It was already stocked when we bought the property. There are blue gills, wide-mouth bass, and a couple of carp.  There are also, if one were so inclined to catch and eat them, snapping turtles and frogs.  Lots of bullfrogs with long legs.

Don’t go on if you’re easily grossed out by death or dead creatures (especially if they’re staring you in the face).  You can’t say I didn’t warn you.

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