Ready for Calk Lake

In preparation for our trip to Calk Lake next week, David bought Elizabeth a mini-fishing pole and has been teaching her how to use it this afternoon.



It came with a little plastic fish to be used for practice. She's gotten pretty good at reeling it in, but we still weren't quite brave enough to let her try casting yet!



An added benefit was watching Scar stalk the fish as it hopped through the front yard!



As you can see, Scar's not looking very well at the moment. In addition to her normal hideous appearance (with one ear missing and a huge scab on the top of her head), she's had a big sore open up on top of her head and she's starting to lose huge clumps of hair and is getting very skinny. Poor thing!

Elizabeth also spent some time hanging out in the tree in our front yard this afternoon:





(Don't call the authorities - David was hiding behind the tree and standing next to her.)