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The fishing life.

January 30, 2024 Rivergirl 28 Comments

Maine is a coastal state and has a rich fishing heritage. Lobsters are our mainstay but we also harvest scallops, crabs, oysters and numerous deep sea fish.

The men who work the ocean are a hardy bunch. Strong, stoic, and weatherbeaten. They also have a quirky sense of humor.

So when a local apparel outfitter started a big catch contest giveaway and asked fishermen to submit pictures, you know it was going to get interesting.

Here are a few of my favorite entries.

This is the son of a friend…. with an extra large lobster roll.

In case you ever wondered what scallop dragging looks like.

And that is one monster scallop!

I believe this is a Mahi…

I have no idea what these are, but they’re definitely plentiful.

This is your typical – man with fish – proud catch photo.

This, on the other hand….

Is not.

🤣

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What’s in a name?

April 20, 2022 Rivergirl 33 Comments

As you know, it was me who named the current descendant of an Egyptian God in residence at Casa River.

I chose ‘Lord Dudley Mountcatten’ as he seemed quite regal, even from day one. But I’ve taken nothing but flak from my husband who thinks it’s a ridiculous moniker and refuses to use it. Every time I introduce his Lordship to a friend? The husband snorts, informs our friend he had nothing to do with the weird name and says ,”I call him Buddy”.

And while my other half has given me a lot of grief for my name choice in the last year, today I was vindicated.

Today I read an article about a national contest for the weirdest pet name, and though a cat from Maine won….