here in paradise, we are just happy to be alive. \u00a0The battle with the fungus looks like it is nearing the end. \u00a0This one has been brutal. \u00a0It has taken its toll on the goat, but he hasn’t lost his appetite, so there is a chance that we can get him back into form.<\/p>\n
Normally, when one travels to NW OK during the month of August, green is not the color that comes to mind. \u00a0Most years, the colors would remind you of a 64 count box of crayons that all the good colors have been taken out and all that is left is brown, burnt sienna, camel and tan. \u00a0But not 2017, it looks like a John Deere dealership\u2026.lots of green. \u00a0Yeah, we got more rain this weekend. \u00a0The neighbors tell me that my rain gauge sucks and that they have gotten more rain. \u00a0May be.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the neighbors, I was standing in the road watching water running out of the spillway pipe on the big pond. \u00a0They pulled up and wanted to know when I was going fishing. \u00a0I allowed since that pond had gone dry the past two years, I was pretty dang sure that there wasn’t any fish to catch. \u00a0They allowed how you don’t have to catch fish to enjoy it.<\/p>\n
Then, one of them told a story about seeing a guy named Dan Blocker sitting on a bridge fishing. \u00a0This was back in the late sixties. \u00a0He and his then girlfriend pulled up and talked to him. \u00a0This guy was just sitting there drinking a beer with a line in the water. \u00a0They asked if had caught any. \u00a0He reeled his line in and showed them an empty hook. \u00a0“It’s kind of hard to catch any with no bait. \u00a0I just needed a reason to sit here and drink a beer and enjoy life.”<\/p>\n
Some of you old timers may remember Dan Blocker. \u00a0He played Hoss Cartwright on the legendary TV show Bonanza. \u00a0Dan Blocker married a girl that grew up near here. \u00a0So, the story of him fishing is probably true. \u00a0Maybe. \u00a0By the way, I watched an episode or two of Bonanza this summer.<\/p>\n
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