With raindrops falling yesterday and today with more rain predicted for tomorrow it has been
Duck-y Weather
this week. (For those who play rhyming games, you might guess another word for the weather that rhymes with duck-y.)
Still I’ve been enjoying seeing different ducks on the pond behind our house and on the pond that’s just down the hill across the street from us.
Yesterday I saw two ducks that I could not immediately identify swimming in the pond down the hill. After photographing them and then searching my bird books I learned that they are Blue Winged Teal.
Two male blue winged teal ducks, stopping for a rest while migrating.
Over the past week or so I’ve seen three wood duck pairs swimming in the pond behind our house. This morning I saw just the three males from the three pairs in the pond and on the log at the edge of the pond. And of course there are always a few mallards hanging around. Yesterday I saw a pair dabbling at the edge of the pond as well as a trio of beautiful male mallards that were hanging out together.
This is my favorite time of year. It feels full of magic and beauty, even on duck-y days like today. I plan to put on my raincoat and take a walk this afternoon even though the rain will probably continue all day. There is so much life waking up and unfurling I hate to miss any of it.
Our sense of enchantment is not triggered only by grand things; the sublime is not hiding in distant landscapes. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. It becomes valuable when we value it. It becomes meaningful when we invest it with meaning. The magic is of our own conjuring.
— Katherine May
Have a beautiful duck-y weather weekend friends.
May you walk in beauty.
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