Even DUCKS have murderous tendencies!

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” 

~ Robbie Louis Stephenson

I discovered today that EVEN ducks have murderous tendencies.... or is it just all that male testosterone pumping through them?

Spring has definitely sprung at the reserve and the ducks are getting amorous. The drakes at times take it to new levels. Miss Duck is swimming along with two males vying for her attention. She quite obviously wasn’t responding so they took matters into their own hands. In their quest to get her attention they ALMOST drowned her! 

Yep .... I didn’t think it was possible to drown a duck but these two drakes gave it a good go

 ... AND nearly succeeded!

Escape!!

It was a mass of feathered bodies as heads went this way and that. Most of the time I could only see TWO heads as the third one was submerged under the water. She escaped with ruffled feathers but virginity still intact. I’ve never seen a duck paddle away QUITE as fast as she did!

Even the hound was pushing the boundaries today and had to be spoken to sternly when she kept wanting to take Shadow’s new ball. She thought his ball was MUCH more exciting than the Chiefs ball - it squeaked and was green and shaped like a small rugby ball. It DIDN’T help that Shadow kept pinching her ball ... she thought that was an open invitation from him to take his!

That’s when her training and discipline come to the fore. Despite the temptation she did listen and dropped Shadow’s ball and picked up her own. It’s a HUGE ask of her though as she LOVES anything that’s different. I had to reinforce the commands ALL the way round the reserve! I reckon Shadow’s ball was talking to her .... just like the chocolate in the pantry talks to me!

I did something cool and funky yesterday .... I  put pink tips in my hair .... JUST a few and JUST on the one side. I wanted to do something different and FUN and I’m delighted with it! It’s BRIGHT pink and the flash of colour is gorgeous! That’s what’s so fun about it .... you see a flash of pink from one side but not on the other ... it makes you wonder if you were seeing things. I LOVE that!!

Sam making sure no other hound pinches Chocolat's ball!

Pink is one of my FAVOURITE colours .... not that you would have guessed!

The family just chuckle ... they think I’m crazy and things like this just confirm it for them. The friends who’ve seen it think it’s cool and the girls at the Co-op loved it. They thought I should have had put more in and maybe NEXT time I will.

Oh yes .... there will be a NEXT time!

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity." 

~ Germaine Greer

Sam trying to bring BOTH balls back to the side!

Frankie!