I waited by the bridge for the boat to navigate the water lilies and bump against the side of the dirt road. Lloyd hopped out and secured it until I could climb in and take the middle seat.
The minute I was seated with the oars in my hands, he pushed off and hopped into the front seat, smiling, his blue eyes twinkling, as he loved the time with his two favorite women. My Mom and I! Mom occupied the back seat, wearing her usual fishing outfit: a faded blue shirt, faded blue jeans, and bare feet. Her cigarette was clasped firmly in her mouth.
She held her Zebco fishing pole ready to do battle with the waiting Black Bass and/0r Pickeral! As we slowly floated out to the middle of the pond in front of our 100-year-old house, she asked, “Row me over a little closer to Mr. Additons’ boat landing?” The minute we were in the right spot, she cast her line with the silver spoon and triple hook out and laid it in front of the stand of lilly pads and tall weeds. It had not hardly made a splash on the water when a huge Black bass shot out of the water and smacked into the ripple of the lure.
Mom loved battling with a wily fish, and in the next few minutes, Lloyd and I sat motionless, admiring this battle of wills as she was successful in landing this monster, in reality, was beautiful!
She then directed us to the very back of the pond, to the shallow end, and many tall reeds and traps for unwary anglers. Hidden underneath were dozens of anxious fish waiting for an angler to drop a juicy worm for lunch. They didn’t go hungry, and several were added to our dinner bucket.
After a leisurely day on the water, and with me getting my exercise, we called it a day.
My day is just starting, as this story is a dream that I have every time I row on my Rowing machine, part of my daily exercise routine. Today’s total was 500 pulls and a little over 20 minutes.
I am still working on my book, “Volcano” and hope to release it soon.
My books are published with Draft2Digital and are distributed to the following:
Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Everand, Smashwords, Tolino OverDrive, bibliotheca, Baker & Taylor, BorrowBox, Hoopla, Vivlio, Palace Marketplace, Odilo, Gardners, Amazon, they are also featured on http://www.brendacolbathbooks.com
Enjoy your day and take care of yourself on this bumpy road of life. Will see you again soon…