This man of mine loves to fish. Off the beach, a jetty, tinny or charter boat. It doesn’t bother him. Give him some smelly bait and a line and he’s happy. I’m resisting the urge to make a small things, small mind joke but I’m assured fishing is an art and that making such a statement will actually make me look silly. So moving on.
Sunday he went on a charter with friends. They promised lots of fun, fish and crabs. He would have gone anyway, regardless of such promises. Dude really loves to fish. So off he went into the night Saturday night as I danced the night away with cousins and friends. I smiled as I slipped into our empty bed that night knowing he would be waking within the hour to start his day.
And I had a whole day to myself ahead of me. Bliss.
He arrived home later Sunday evening grinning from ear to ear. I’d missed him and started talking at him immediately. He unpacked his esky with an assortment of fish, carting them dripping through the house into the backyard. I rolled my eyes and followed him out, still catching him up on the gossip from the night before. The afternoon sun glinted off the scales of the multi-coloured fish. I had an idea. WAIT, I said to him, I’ll get some photos.
So I did. He smiled. We chatted. Caught up. Talked about dinner. And all was well in the world. Well except for the fish smell through the house and scales coating my backyard… But that my friends is the price you pay. What can I say, the dude REALLY loves to fish.
Dude is a fan of the fishing. What can I say?
Hi! I’m Melissa Walker Horn. Around here, they call me Suger. I’m the Chief Blogger and doer of all the things here at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; I love a casual ootd, taking photos, and writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet over at Chalkboard Digital. You know, living the sweet life.
love the fancy fish gutting board………….and Kel – slip, slop, slap
I know right!? Haha. Faaaaancy.
AND YES! He’s possibly the worst ginger EVER.
Nawww this post made me smile haha 🙂
Did you have fish for dinner for the next few days? Haha. My hubby hates fishing… lol couldn’t drag him out there.
Yeah we did. Then I added the leftover crab into our wonton soup. Yum. I’m okay with fish sometimes, especially when it’s this fresh, I just can’t handle the lingering smell. YUCK.
What beautiful fish and what a great scaling table, will have to let my Dad know about that one. I love watching Robson Green fish, he makes it look sexy and fun when the reality is nothing like that. Dad made me gut a rainbow trout when I was 12, he said “you caught it, you gut it”, yuck. I much prefer going to the market and buying it filleted and wrapped up, ready for me to over cook.
Gorgeous right!? So beautiful. And yes, I’m terrible. I make myself hang around while it all happens to remind myself that not everything in this life is sans blood and guts and wrapped in plastic packaging. 😉