January 27, 2016 - Two hand carved fishing sets from long ago are framed now.  My great-grandfather carved the fishing game set.  The colored fish are weighted and float upright underwater.  They have numbers painted on the bottom for points.  The fish have screwed metal eyelets for mouths.  The little fishing pole has a hand made hook on the line that just fits through the eyelets.  We played this game over a bucket of water as children.  The fishing lures in the smaller frame were hand carved and painted by my grandfather Budge.  I wish I knew if they caught any fish.

Today is my 150th day of retirement.  There are 150 posts here now.