Suzy and Joel and Owen and Evie

“Where to fishergirl?”

The beach isn’t fine sand and clear water like you’d get in the Sound, but there’s always something to do. Owen took a cue from his grandparents and tried rowing. We’d used the boat to get to the sailboat which is tied to a mooring so he was inspired to try by watching Gramps row us out to the sailboat and back. But he was also carrying on a traditional way of rowing—when Gram was little her parents let her row all she wanted as long as she didn’t untie the boat from the dock.

We got a bucket and net and caught a baby lobster and a pipe fish, which I’d never caught before. We always caught loads of brine shrimp and jellyfish when I was a kid. I’ve gotten sneaky in old age and now swipe the net under the floating dock to get the critters that are hiding from the nearby splashing kids. When everyone had a good look we put everyone back in.

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