Well it’s been 3 days now and we still have all 4 little ducklings. I’m hopeful that this is not just by chance, that the small family protected by an experienced mother is paying off. Not to mention the 6 lbs of scratch I’ve fed them.
Category Archives: 5D
June Dux
This morning I looked outside and was greeted by the sight of a new duckling brood. Broods are normally 10-12 so this is quite a small family. Now we usually avoid getting too attached to the young newbies of the lagoon because their life expectancy is approximately 24 hours. I’ll keep my eye out for …
An Accidental Date
Today we visited the Legion of Honor on an accidental date (Sandy loves those). We were recently there to watch Jon perform at the Florence Gould Theater and I knew we had to go back during the daylight hours. While I was out shooting pictures, Sandy wandered into the museum and to my surprise bought …
Crawdad Festival 2007
We ventured out to Isleton this year for the 22nd annual Crawdad Festival. We enjoyed the smoked turkey legs, enormous onion rings and of course a large order of crawdads. Man they were spicy. Promoters estimate a crowd of 50,000 and 24,000 lbs of boiled crawdads to be consumed.
Itsy bitsy Spider
Went out back the other day and happened to notice a 7-legged Alameda Backyard Deck Spider. Reminded me of a King Crab so I had to photograph it.