Some New Feathered Friends

As I was unpacking and organizing in the kitchen yesterday afternoon, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I looked out of our front kitchen window, and there were three ducks waddling across our front yard. I called to Maddie and the two of us threw on some shoes and ran outside with the end of a loaf of bread.

Tim came and joined us, and the three of us stood there in our front yard, feeding the ducks. It was a lot of fun, and also a little weird seeing as how we were tossing the bread crumbs onto pavement instead of into a lake or something.

When we ran out of bread, we said "good-bye" to the ducks, and headed back inside. Well, the ducks didn't budge. They got quite comfortable laying in our grass and waiting for more. They were still there about an hour later when we had to leave in the car.

I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but we have a stream that runs about 50 yards beyond our back yard. I suspect that these ducks were making their way to the river. I also suspect that this won't be the last we've seen of them!