summerboy + duck update

able to swim with floaties,

eat his weight in blackberries,

and do the hula-hoop.

look!  there in the pool! 

it's a bird.  it's a plane.  it's...

summerboy!

yes, ned is fo sho getting his money's worth

out of this last week of summer vacation.

and now, the duck update...

{thank you for bearing with me on this one}

tonight, we walked to the pond after dinner

to visit our favorite duckas.

out of the flock of a hundred ducks

they both came to greet us.

{pip}                                   {patito}

they pecked at us in the most loving way.

i let pip have a go at my earrings.

both ducks seemed great.

pip was a bit more at ease than yesterday...

 less rattled
by the rogue band of mannerless ducks.

she even shared her cracked corn
with a few of them.

we stayed for a good long while,

then walked on without incident.

{no worrisome quacking or following us home}

i feel worlds better than i did last night.

my heart is light.

i know that they will be okay

and i love the fact

that we can walk to visit them here:

♥