Duck!

Earlier this week towards the evening I was down at our local historical stone store with my daughter teaching her how to drive, this was the view from the wharf where my car was parked.

Just as we were about to leave, more cars parked and suddenly about 50 different kinds of ducks came waddlng out from the water very noisily talking to each other.  They must've thought that if they came out of hiding perhaps they'd get fed.

This week is being very quiet for my household. We are all under a 7 day isolation as my youngest son has tested positive for Covid after catching it from a work colleague. So far he has what seems to be a classic type of flu but my daughter and I we have tested negative although we seem to have different symptoms to him such as feeling tired, sore throat, headache and aching. B hasn't got any symptoms at all though - go figure, so we are all finding different things to do without getting bored. It seems that Covid is racing through our town but at least come April the mandates will be gone and there will be no need for vaccine passes or scanning in when you enter businesses although mask wearing will still be required. Hopefully next week we will be out and about again.

Linking up with Skywatch Friday.

Misty winter ducks

Last Autumn I visited local McLaren Falls Park around 7.30am to try and photograph some Autumn colours.

In Cherry Bay I parked my car and walked down to the lake through the icy cold shadows breathing icy cold air and stopped at the edge of the water where alot of ducks were, some were resting and others were starting to come to life as the sun started to warm where I was standing.

I think what impressed me the most was the fog that was slowly rising from the water into the air. Due to living up north for 20 years I'd never seen this before as over winter for us it was mostly rainy and damp. Hopefully next Autumn I'll be back there again.