Timberlake Pond and This Years Garden
Lou and I fished at Timberlake Pond on the Eglin AFB Reservation today. The pond is fewer than 4 miles from the house. I don’t think I’ve been out to the pond since we went out there to release Christy’s turtle “Klink”. That was probably 15 or 20 years ago. Thet have added a couple of running trails for a total of a 3-mile loop and the road to the pond is now clay and stone instead of sand. There used to be a real possibility of getting stuck on the old sand road—one reason I haven’t gone back in a while. It was a relaxing peaceful place this morning. We got there around 8 o’clock and had our own “private” lake until about 10:30 when a guy drove up with a fishing kayak in his pickup truck and joined us in fishing. The only other people we saw were a couple walking their 2 dogs. I was surprised that we couldn’t hear traffic noise from the main road (about a mile away). When we kayak in the bayou we hear the road noise clearly. The pond was string-a-hammock-and-take-a-nap quiet. Just nature sounds were heard—Birds, frogs and an occasional bomb going off on the reservation.
Lou and I fished at Timberlake Pond on the Eglin AFB Reservation today. The pond is fewer than 4 miles from the house. I don’t think I’ve been out to the pond since we went out there to release Christy’s turtle “Klink”. That was probably 15 or 20 years ago. Thet have added a couple of running trails for a total of a 3-mile loop and the road to the pond is now clay and stone instead of sand. There used to be a real possibility of getting stuck on the old sand road—one reason I haven’t gone back in a while. It was a relaxing peaceful place this morning. We got there around 8 o’clock and had our own “private” lake until about 10:30 when a guy drove up with a fishing kayak in his pickup truck and joined us in fishing. The only other people we saw were a couple walking their 2 dogs. I was surprised that we couldn’t hear traffic noise from the main road (about a mile away). When we kayak in the bayou we hear the road noise clearly. The pond was string-a-hammock-and-take-a-nap quiet. Just nature sounds were heard—Birds, frogs and an occasional bomb going off on the reservation.
So, how did the fishing trip go? We caught a bunch of fish but they were all little. Lou caught the biggest fish and the biggest branch. We lost count of the exact number but between the 2 of us we had in the range of 10-15 fish—all sunfish (bream). Lou caught about 10.
We quit around 1 o’clock. It was pleasant only having to dive 10 minutes to get home.
I’ve been planning this year’s garden and have decided to make self-watering containers this year similar to the ones Rubbermaid used to sell, only scaled up to tomato size. Basically the container will have a water reservoir at the bottom allowing the plant as much water as it wants. Tomorrow I begin setting things up. I’ll be about 2 weeks behind the growing season when I finally get the plants in.
KITTY UPDATE—Marmalade has been gone for 3 days but this morning she was out there making the full compliment of 5. Everyone appears to be healthy. Since we’ve been in town for a while now the 4 “kittens” have consistently been here both in the mornings and in the evenings. Brie actually came out into the den while Louie was there. She still dashes back into the bedroom with the slightest noise. She really likes her water fountain.
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