Panther Attack and Bday Fishing

Katherine and I drove up to Put this weekend to spend a day fishing with Dad for his birthday.  We started the day off with a walk around the property so he could catch us up on everything that has changed since our last visit.  Since it is spring we were doing a walk through the garden so he could show us all the stuff that has been planted for this summer.  I was holding one of their cats, a black one named Panther, as we walked.  While I was distracted listening to Dad's description of all the stuff he and Rob planted, Dad and Julie's new puppy, Thunder, decided to find out what cat tastes like and he latched onto Panther's tail/back legs/butt - I don't really know what he grabbed/bit, all I know is that Panther FREAKED OUT and the next thing I know she is shredding my hand as Thunder tried to tear her away.  When we finally free Panther from Thunder's jaws I look down and realize that one of my fingers is pretty badly cut.

Long story short - I ended up in the local ER getting it cleaned out properly and getting a prescription for a course of antibiotics... not the way we pictured our relaxing day of fishing starting!  We did still manage to make it out to a neighbor's lake for some fishing though:

L to R: Julie, Dad, Paige, Lucy, Rob, Julian

Happy Birthday Dad!!!!