Monday, February 15, 2010

Feeding The Ducks

Posted by org at 11:35 AM

Yesterday, when we were looking of items to donate to the local food pantry we discovered a rather old box of crackers.  It had visit to the duck pond written all over it!

And since they are predicting some nasty weather for tomorrow the girls and I headed out this morning to feed the ducks. It was rather chilly and gray out but made for a fun way to spend the morning.  Of course, as I type this, the skies are blue and wonderful, and I am wishing I had known it was going to be this gorgeous before we headed to the duck pond during the gloomiest part of the day.  Oh well.

As soon as I parked the car the ducks and geese headed over to greet us.  As I unloaded each of the girls the ducks/geese backed off. It was as if they knew to be a little more gentle because the girls are little. It was amazing!

We started with some bread.  
I showed the girls how to tear off pieces to feed to them..  

Then I dumped the box of stale crackers into this bag 
so the girls could get to them more easily.  


This goose gently took the cracker right out of Em's hand. 
It was super sweet. 

We had walked away from the bag for a moment, 
and while we were gone one of the geese helped themselves to the crackers in it!





We didn't stay as long as we would have had it not been so chilly out.  The wind made everything so much colder than it actually was, so as soon as all the crackers were gone we headed home. 
Hopefully we'll get out after nap time and enjoy what is shaping up to be a very gorgeous day.  
We'll see you tomorrow, if not sooner.  

 

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