"Catching Trouble"

At last! The someday-we'll-go-fishing curse is officially undone.

Trip 1: Ivins Reservoir

Here's what I 'caught!' Lake/pondweed...awesome.


Craig, a student my dad has worked with the last couple of years, was the only one of us four who caught a fish...which unfortunately got off the line. Lucky fish, I guess.

Here's my spiffy new rod and reel.

The view/scenery was pretty darn nice.

Ha ha...these photos got out of order...

Duck! I mean--ducks!

I haven't seen ducks for ages. I got a big kick out of these web-footed fowls.

Dad's taking a heroic stance to intimidate the fish.

Of COURSE all the shade aka trees/brush was on the complete opposite side from where we were.

I still think it's crazy 'this' was so close by.

Here's the dock we fished off of later on...to no avail.

Maybe I know absolutely nothing of photo-taking, but I really liked how this picture had a hazy-esque quality.

The whole reflection thing was pretty thrilling to me.

Trip 2: Enterprise Reservoir

I have a great fascination in/for deer. I think they're just gorgeous creatures. Naturally, when I saw deer, I was pretty pysched-to-the-max. I wish I could've/would've zoomed in more, but it still turned out alright.

Here's another one literally heading for the hills.

I really think this picture looks much better on a larger scale. facebook should remedy this, I pray.

Geeked out here. Deer had tromped right where I was!

This is the first spot we tried. Good almighty NIGHT. The darn weeds/sticks caused many a snag for us.

It was fairly muddy. Especially the closer to the water. Go figure...

This place had a pretty nice view too.

As Yoda would say, "Greatly do I enjoy when light reflects off a large body of water."

Thankfully, Dad and I decided to try a much better location for fishing. The rock is smartly-titled Honeycomb Rock. It think it's quite neato.

I'm digging this orange color here.

Surely no one will ever tire of my puns.

Dad's just relaxing while we wait for the dang fish to bite.

At last! After receiving wonderous instructions and hands-on assistance for an older gentleman and his wife, we start catching fish--after spending the whole day with no success. This is the best pic I could muster of the rainbow trout Dad hooked.

Man, the view in this other location was fabulous.

This may be my new favorite photo for the time being. The colors and stillness of the water make me think this is taken in a tropical location or something.

Here's a far-off shot of Dad and the two life-savers.

I thought the foam was cool.

Dad got his hook caught on the same dumb rock quite frequently.

Thought I should have a picture of me...even if I'm sunburned, greasy, and such.

Blue dragonfly in the sky. I can go twice as high!

I didn't realize how GREEN this place was in spots until I saw this photo on here.

And here's our catch. We were given two by that incredibly nice and helpful couple, I caught 3 with his expertise, and dad caught a big one. All but one was a foot long. Not bad!

Poor guy... He looks scared. Sorry, but that doesn't change the fact that we're eating the whole lot of you this Sunday.

"While You Were Sleeping"

Thought it was great that he feel asleep on a drawing of him sleeping. Hah!

Ummm, these pictures are a result of James falling asleep and falling prey to a joke of sorts...


Basically, James fell asleep, and Nathan, Chelsea, and I were bored.


To rectify this situation, Nathan suggested we find various objects around the house.

As you can see, we--I--went overboard.

It was most fun, though! He even shifted twice and remained asleep, much to our surprise and relief.

For fun, try to count how many objects you can see in the picture above. (Also, some objects are not shown in this picture, so use other pictures to help you, as these go in chronologicial order.)

Whoever posts on my ACTUAL blog and names the most objects right gets to choose either the fate of my next blog post (yes, I'll go through with it this time) or their choice of drawing (this could vary quite a bit!)

that will be featured as a next blog post!

Don't dawdle now!!

This post wouldn't be fully complete without including this memorable moment from _Freaks and Geeks_ (at the beginning of the clip):

*Note: If you're viewing this on facebook, I'm pretty sure you'll have to click on the 'Original Post' button on there to get to my blog (http://maryannesrandomramblings.blogspot.com/) and actually see the video.

Frying Nemo--Well, Almost.

Chelsea, James, Dad, and I went to Pine Valley early this morning, and as you can see from the view, it was well worth the effort!

Here's Dad's head as he fishes at the shore.

I LOVE this thing! I shouted out when I first discovered this lurking behind a picnic table. I thought it was a human leg for half a second. Freakishly delightful!

This was probably my favorite picture I took. I love the deep green and serene atmostphere.

It was so nice that the waterfall was just a quick walk from the picnic area. Very beautiful and cool--literally.

Here's a couple more trees. Can't recall their names...I'm sure it'll come to me--maybe when we go back to Pine Valley?

As you can see, it was a great day to be fishing and shooting...pictures, that is.

Here's James hanging out by the creek.

Lookin' good, Dad! Glad you didn't fall in...I think?

Can't wait to go back. It was incredibly worth waking up early and dealing with annoying bugs of many sorts!

I like this one a lot too.

So much, in fact,

I'm beginning

to

PINE.