More on Ducks

These are my sister's ducks as of yesterday. She lives on a ranch near Reno, Nevada. They had a bit of a freak snowstorm for late May. I'm sure the ducks are wishing they were someplace warm, but the weather didn't stop them from parading around.

Ducks

It is with great sadness that I must report that something has apparently happened to the male mallard shown on this blog.

Yesterday evening I saw his wife. Alone. Wandering around the neighborhood looking totally lost. The two of them were never more than a foot apart. By this time in the afternoon they should be napping underneath my trees. Unfortunately, neither of them have returned, and I fear the worst for the poor chap.

I never even new his name.

Damn.

Maybe by some miracle he will show up again, but I'm not very confident right now.

Neil Young

I have two words to say about Neil Young's new album, "Living With War" : Buy it. Finally someone has the balls to make a statement about our pseudo President and his lackeys and the moronic war he's gotten us into. Plus, besides the politically astute statements in the album, the damn thing totally rocks, as you would expect from Neil Young. He's not getting older, he's getting better. Someday, he may make a beauty products commercial.

Rock on, Neil. Keep sticking it to "the man;" perhaps people will listen to you. God knows they don't listen to me.

Peace.

More Ducks!

The ducks are back again and having a fine time in my sprinklers. Bastards ate all my pond plants, but I guess that's ok.

Lilacs, May 2006

I can't decide which one I like best, so I'll include them both.

Baby Rabbit

I was leaving the parking lot from work when I encountered a magpie in a fight with a mamma bunny. The magpie was trying to steal her tiny baby bunny. He took it and flew across the road and dropped it. I stopped, got out of my car and picked it up, the rabbit was no bigger than a mouse and his eyes weren't even open. I took it back to the last spot I saw the mother, and hid it under the bush. I hope she found it, and the magpie didn't....but I'm not too confident about that. Damn magpies.