Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Ducks on Vacation
My sweety and I were walking the doggies around the neighborhood. We rounded the corner of one block and I stopped. “Are those… ducks?” We looked intently at these two birds waddling down the sidewalk across the street from us. They were indeed a pair of ducks, a couple by the looks of them. (Aww how cute!) We live in a suburb of a major metropolis. There are no lakes or ponds anywhere near us. Where the hell did these wild ducks come from? They must be lost. Or on vacation. Take a break from wilderness paradise and go visit the suburbs!
I immediately ran back to the house to get the camera because I’m a die-hard blogger and I want photographic evidence. When I left they were waddling around, nosing some flowers. When I got back, they were gone. They had flown away. 
But as luck would have it we encountered them again, two blocks later, lounging in a a puddle of water by the gutter. The mallard was actually sleeping!
We thought it was so funny how these two ducks have just decided to hang out in our neighborhood, sample the exotic floral cuisine (what do ducks eat in the wild anyway??) and take a nap at a random watering hole. Total tourists. Then I noticed they were camped out underneath this sign. It’s a good thing it’s Wednesday!
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