River Reflections

I really enjoyed the days we spent at the River and like Nate I would like to just stay there. Mary, my wife, took this picture and if you look closely you will see in the glass first the upside down reflection of the river, the opposite river bank and the clouds reaching down toward the stem of the glass where then the reflection rights itself and although smaller reaches almost down to the base of the glass. It exemplifies "the glass half full". Surely one couldn't consider it half empty when so much beauty still dwells within.

Then there was Josh catching his first fish. A 'giant' Croaker caught after a heroic battle using his Batman fishing rod that he got for his 6th birthday. What was really impressive was his patience. All afternoon he fished lost his bait to the felonious fish below that nibbled and stole the bait repeatedly. Then finally the giant struck! The fight was on and the rod was bent as Josh struggled acroos the dock, precariously keeping his balance at the edge and finally bringing the gasping giant up and onto the dock. The picture above shows Josh's joy and pride. He was at last a fisherman;patient, brave and at the end heroic. He put the fish back in the river and let it swim free. "Just wait till we get to the beach Papa. I'm going to catch a really big one and we can have it for breakfast!", he said to me later.

A river, a glass of wine and a little fisherman who loves me. Who could ask for anything more.