Fishing for Lanterns with Spam

I hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day. As you can see, I took the day off from blogging. I wasn't expecting to get to go on the boat yet one last time, but Tiffy's fishing-mad nephew really wanted to go trolling, so yesterday we all piled onto the boat again and trolled with no success. Back on the dock we saw a very large brown trout, and the nephew almost caught it. We were all cheering him on, although I did feel a little like I was betraying Arphaxad and Amminadab. Anyway, the trout looked at the lure with some interest but then decided he didn't like it and swam away. Maybe my Archirritant is right and they really are smarter than dogs! A woman walking a little white dog passed by on the dock and said, "Nice hat!" but I get that a lot with the Sea Foam Rice Paddy Hat.

Then Tiffy and I drove back to my town and met Richard Bonomo for dinner at Barnacle Bob's. Poor Tiffy had another two hours to drive, to the East Coast of this state, but I went right home, reintroduced myself to the bunnies, and fell into bed.

And here is another picture from Palm Tree Fan. She thinks these are called Japanese Lanterns, and I had thought they were called Chinese Lanterns, but whichever way, they are very cool.

Some Kind of Asian Lanterns

And of course Hardingfele, who gets ALL the best spam, sent me the following. It has nothing to do with musical instruments, like her Bagpipe Spam (which she got again today) or her Banjo Spam; no, this is a response to a post she put on an internet site. Someone stole her hubby's bicycle right out of their yard, so she posted this about it in case anyone saw it:

Giant Eddie Bauer Edition Mountain Bike, 21 speed, Model 606.1 GL, 19" frame, stolen from our yard Sat afternoon, August 8, 2009 in the Spring Harbor Neighborhood. It is metallic blue, metallic green. Reward if found, please call Hardingfele.

This is the response she got:

Subject: ***Concerning Your Bike Posted For Sale...***

Hello,

Good morning to you and happy new week,i am higherly interested in purchasing your Bike posted for sale on the craigslist, so kindly get back to me with your last price,your location and the present condition,i live in New York,but for the shipment,you do not need to bother yourself about it,i will arrange for the pick up myself

We will be waiting asap for your quickest response.

Thanks
Jack Tom

Hardingfele is not sure how Jack Tom plans to arrange for the pick up of a bike she no longer possesses, so she did not get back to him with her quickest response to let him know its last price, its location (unknown) and its present condition (stolen). I am just jealous that she gets multiple thanks, since (as you may remember from the spam I got) I only merit one thank.

Happy New Week, everyone!

Famous Hat