This post and photo above is my entry to the weekly reflection hunters contest round 116, organized by @olgavita in the #shadowhunters community. I shot this on Sunday evening and didn't realize the beautiful reflection until I got ready to send it to a friend moments later. It was also my last photo of the day.
It was almost a photo not to be. I took the shot from a fishing dock where I was fishing. So if you stay with me I will take you on my day journey before I took this photo.
I woke up at about 5:30 a.m. The first thing I did was open up my work laptop. Yes, I brought work home with me this weekend. Trust me it's not something I'm very found of doing. I had to though because I had track and babysit a request I sent out of Friday.
It's not something I can really go into but it took up about 90 minutes of my time. My main goal for the day was to get some time for myself. I was hoping to go fishing in the early afternoon. My mind was telling me 2:30. After putting away my work laptop I got requests to make pancakes.
No big deal I'll whip some up right away. Where's the box with premade mix? Oh no were out but I decide to do them from scratch. Throw 2 cups of flour in a bowl, grab some milk, drop two eggs in, a couple table spoons of sugar, a pinch or two of salt, and than I go grab a skillet. I look for the baking powder and I find it but it only has about 3 teaspoons left I really need about 5.
I'm into deep now no turning back. I pour a little vegetable oil in the pan, here we go. They look ok but I do notice they aren't super fluffy. As an added measure I add cinnamon sugar and powdered sugar on the top. Time to serve, I ask my table mates how are they? They both give me a look and say their ok. Oh well they finished them and no one complained.
Afterwards I do the dishes, some laundry, and some kitchen cleaning. Before I know it it's already 11:00. I direct my son and tell him to get in the shower. He has to do some clock work for an adult basketball league at 12:00.
I get in my car at about 11:30 to drop son off at his high school. He will need picked up at about 2:00. I get back home at about 12:00 to go to the garage to fetch the lawn mower. It took about an hour and a half to mow my front and back yards. I also mowed behind my back fence where I have a fire pit.
I'm all work and no play yet. I feel like doing what my English Bulldog was doing when I got inside, haha. I can't yet, still stuff to do. I change clothes and head to school to pick up my son.
We return home and I have a few things yet to do. I washed our bed linen so I go down stairs and it is not completely dry yet. I clean the lent out of the dryer and restart it.
While the dryer is doing it's thing I pack the car with my fishing gear and other things. Only thing on my mind is getting closer to my fishing destination. I go back inside grab the load in dryer and head up stairs and make the bed.
One step closer, I head to the car and realize I need to pick up ice. I stop at the gas station, get ice and fill up the tank as well. It's now close to 4:00 and where I want to go is about 30 minutes away.
I finally have arrived at my destination. I had the feeling that I had to work for it to get here. Seeing the trees and the woods on the drive thru the park puts me at ease. Just a little bit ahead is a small pond where I will go into my zone.
Things started off great, first cast I pulled in a small large mouth bass. After that I fished more but didn't catch anything else for another 30 minutes. I ended up catching 2 more bass about the same size. Also got 5 brim aka small blue gills. The mom and dad fish were not interested. Some of there kids were and I threw them back so they could play more, haha.
I did have surface bite as I was reeling in that would have been a nice CPR (Catch, Picture, and Release). It was another bass about 4 lbs, I seen it as it was only 3 feet away from me. The lure was almost out of the water when it hit it, so I wasn't disappointed missing that one.
Around 7:30 I packed up and decided to eat a sandwich I packed. I was sitting on a picnic table on a fishing dock (pictured above). After finishing I took a picture of the sunset straight ahead. I shared the photo with a friend on discord. I had no idea it at had a really cool reflection until I looked at it in my photo gallery. So there you have it, one last photo shot has landed me here today writing an article about it :) I tell you I had thoughts of almost not going here. I didn't have the best fishing experiences but I'm proud of the reflections in this photo.
You've got great shots right there, big bro!
Can I take the dog home????
Thanks Country girl! Watson might not like the extreme heat in the Philippines. Only if you promise if he stays cool, haha
Nice reflections.. And you had a nice catch there hehe..doggy is cute btw
Thanks Jane. I never intended on the reflection photo so that is pretty cool it happened. I wish I could sleep easy like my dog though, haha.
Awesome photo man, and some decent fishing. We haven’t had much luck here sadly! Did get a small-ish pickerel the other day which wasn’t bad. Would love a bass or two!
Sounds like a jam packed day, the life of a dad!
Haha Dad life for sure. Only my second act this year. Hopefully I'll get out some more soon, want that rod bent dude, lol.
Yeah for sure dude. I tried quite a bit to get some trout but we missed the boat. I learned some good techniques though that should help is in the fall when they stock them again. In the meantime, bass season!
Omg, I so love that reflection photo, it is so pretty! The angle is just perfect!
Why making pancakes seems like its so easy when other people make it. I can't really really cook a pancake. ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
Thanks for the appreciation. Oh it's easy to make pancakes especially if you have premade mix. I only wish I had some fruit to mix in like blueberries 🫐 Well there's next weekend.
Looks like you had a busy day, but it's nice you had some relaxing time for yourself too. My brother says fishing is very relaxing and helps him think, find solutions and organize things in his head.
I see Watson was super busy too 😂😂😂
Edit: I forgot to congratulate you on the pancakes. I need to hire you, as pancake is the only thing I'm not willing to make 😄. I'd rather bake a cake or whatever complicated dish you like but pancakes? No way!
Your brother is absolutely correct. I hope I find a lot more time to do some fishing. Work has absolutely been crazy lately.
Oh Watson he will literally drop anywhere to sneak a nap in, lol. I wish I had his ability to fall asleep so fast.
Is it you find pancakes hard to make? I find them simple to do. A little hardier from scratch, not going to lie the premade mixture in the box is easier, just have to add water. I'm not good at baking cakes we could definitely trade there, lol. I can do basically anything in the breakfast arena. Outside of that I'm limited unless you put me in front of a grill outside, 😂
Lol, looks like we would complement each other well. I'm not good at grilling, unless using my electric grill. I can't do grilling in the balcony as it would smell like crazy 😄
I can cook, bake, but pancakes are not really my thing. Just like crepes, most likely I'm too lazy to stay and guard them till they are done 😂 need to make an extra effort.
Most likely the boxed mix is available here too, but I like to do things from scratch. My problem is I can't eat sweet in the morning, due to my gallbladder problems, I prefer salty or oats with joghurt.
Oh I see yes there is no timers for pancakes have to watch the edges. There usually the last thing I make when doing multiple things. I like yogurt as well.
Asides from a grill, I love using cast iron skillets the most. I use on stove top, open flame, or throw in the oven. Oh crock pots I love too :) I'm all of sudden hungry now, haha
Speaking of food always makes me hungry too :)
Wow, you love your fishing, don't you? 😮😮
Yes of course. It's my biggest hobby :)
Love the reflection of the trees. You have a busy day, always Bob😁. The doggy is so adorable....
Thanks Jean. I had to work hard to get some time, haha
Nice reflection you got there. How I wish I can also experience fishing here in France. That would be fun.
Wow, hardworking your doing some house chores hehe.
So cute bulldog.
Nice selfie inside the car. Have a nice day!
Thanks unfortunately I do most of the house chores. The bulldog's life, looks pretty stressful right?
Yeah your right, so stressful🤣
Welcome to the contest, @coolmidwestguy ! Your post is amazing, and I just love your doggy ❤️. The fish impressed me a lot, I must say 😁.
Thank you @olgavita I was hoping to catch some fish that were just a tad bit bigger, haha
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