Friday - July 25

Bob: Bonnie, Faith, Mia and I went fishing this morning at 8:15. Faith caught her first fish. She is pictured with it below. Could not get her to hold it. Had to put it back in the lake though as it needs to grow up some.
We went berry picking again at Bowman's. I'll let Bonnie tell you about that. Stopped at the Cheese Factory and checked out their ice cream. Still as good as ever. From there we made a quick trip to New Liskeard for gas, bank and post office.
After dinner Mia, Beckham, Olivia (a friend), Shannan and I went fishing, but no bites. The kids tired of fishing pretty quickly so we brought them back about 8:15. Then Faith, Ray (Olivia's dad), Chris (Ray's partner) and I went to Mountain Lake. Chris caught a couple pike but the rest of us were shut out.
Bonnie stayed home to bake a raspberry pie with the berries we picked today and some tarts. She used the Tenderflake lard in the crusts. Pretty close to perfection!! She'll have to practice some more and I can test them out!!!!!!

Shannan: I almost fell out of the boat, face first, into the water, today. That is all. (It was close!-Bob)

Faith's Pike

Ice cream at Thornloe cheese factory. I have 2 cones because I am holding Bonnie's.

Bonnie:  I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of berries we were able to pick.  There were even some strawberries left for us to pick.  It was a challenge not to eat them until they were paid for!  My crust was not as good as my friend's, but it was good, I admit.  We'll try the pie tomorrow.