A house a few blocks away, on the main road, has a huge pond in front. The pond isn't that deep, maybe 3 feet at most. But, it is a little larger in coverage than the house. The ducks in the area love it. They even get along with the owners dog, which is funny to watch by itself. A whole yard full of ducks and geese and this little fur ball of a dog wandering around in the middle of them. If the dog gets a little to irritating, the ducks just waddle out into the water until the dog is settled down.
Last Thursday, the dog was able to walk across the pond as the there wasn't much more than a wet patch of mud in the middle of it. Now, after what seems like forever without rain in these parts, we are getting the deluge.
It started raining late Thursday night and has been going ever since. Driving by this afternoon, I had to laugh at the happenings at this house. The rain has filled the pond to overflowing. The ducks were paddling upstream from the drainage ditch by the street towards the house. The silly things were having a good time in the water but the funny part was watching them duck under the fence along the property to get to the pond.
They reminded me of a bunch of kids splashing in the puddles during a rain.
We are so desparate for rain that I've had to water this year. I had the sprinkler going in an area of the herb garden that I want to finish weeding tomorrow. We looked out the kitchen window and discovered a flock of sparrows were playing in the streams of water. They'd let the water hit them and then shake as if to say "Brrrrr." A few were fluttering their wings in the chat of the walkway, and others were playing in the wet plants. I guess a good time was had by all! *S*
Posted by: Buffy | August 31, 2003 at 12:02 AM
Buffy's description of her yard and gardening a couple of days ago (I don't recall which blog it was on--Wichi Dude's, Bogie's, or Fred 1st's) sounded so familiar that I wondered, at first, whether I had written it and forgotten having done so. It was a relief to see that it had been posted by Buffy. Chicago and Kansas have had similar weather, evidently.
We had more than 6 inches of rain, here in Derby KS, during 8/29/2003-8/30/2003. Mother Nature decided to make up for having neglected to send us rain for the several weeks prior.
Now, Wichi Dude: What kind of ducks are they?
Posted by: Cop Car | August 31, 2003 at 05:50 AM
Cute ones. :)
Posted by: Wichi Dude | August 31, 2003 at 10:59 AM
LOLLOL (little old lady laughs out loud)
Posted by: Cop Car | August 31, 2003 at 11:29 AM
You're going to start a new "snippet" for the web if you keep this up.
Posted by: Wichi Dude | August 31, 2003 at 11:25 PM
I like the snippet - we'll have to popularize it!
Posted by: Bogie | September 01, 2003 at 05:47 AM
Definitely.
Posted by: Wichi Dude | September 01, 2003 at 11:02 AM