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It was a week of mostly cool and damp weather here in Central Missouri. We got ~2.5" of rainfall from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning.

Nothing going on in the garden aside from picking tomatoes. Mrs. Augie has been after me to whack the weeds, but I managed to avoid that for the time being. lol

Finally got to see the grandkids over the weekend. The weather was decent on Saturday so we all went out to the pond so the kids could catch some fish. None of them had ever been fishing before, but I'm pretty sure they're all going to want to do it again.

This one is Lexi. Just turned 5yo, she belongs to my oldest son Justin and his wife Amanda. Lexi has been asking to go fishing since the first time she saw the pond after it filled, so she got to go first.

Then it was 4yo Rhett's turn. He belongs to #3 son Taylor and his wife Rachel. This kid is a pistol. Pretty sure he's going to be the one that turns out to be Grampa's fishing buddy.

This is 7yo Lennox. He belongs to Taylor and Rachel. Poor guy suffered a brain injury at birth and is severely challenged mentally. After seeing the other two catch a few he looked at me and said "Fish, Grampa?" You could have knocked us all over with a feather at that moment in time. It was obvious that he'd been paying attention. He grabbed the rod and the reel handle just like how I'd been showing the other two to do it, and dipped the jig in next to the dock like a pro. Soon as he felt a tug he was cranking on the reel like he had Moby Dick on the end of his line. Moments like this don't come along very often for this kid. I'm glad I was able to be a part of it.