Silly daddy

Our favorite softball player patrols center field in the semifinal game:


Then on Friday, the big showdown with the Angels, a team studded with her friends. It may look as though they were bathed in celestial light -- but really I just forgot about not pointing the camera toward the sun.


Each team had a pretty good game with a few goofs. Lots of parents and grandparents showed up for the game -- more than usual. Of course, not everyone was as interested in the game:


But it all came down to a tied score and loaded bases in the bottom of the last inning, with the season's outcome hanging on a play at the plate -- and they won! Good job, ladies.

In Rhode Island saltwater fishing is free but you need a license to fish in fresh water. And for Father's Day, I received a fishing license -- my first!

So on Sunday afternoon I took the three older kids back to Salt Pond since it's so close to home. The rain was spitting down, but we put in about two hours anyway.


Here's the only person who caught anything, posing with the first of her two sunfish:


The worms ran out after maybe an hour: my sons must be the most hated boys in Wormdom. Here is an early experiment in pursuing vegtarian fish:

Hey, squash blossoms!

With the rain we've had, these seemed to come out of nowhere, really. And each one has a tiny, pinkie-sized squash growing behind the bloom.