Roast... Asparagus

I had some unexpected visitors this week. I hadn't been expecting to use my pool anyway, so I almost didn't even get to see them. But as I left my apartment, there they were, making me want to go for a swim.

What made the momma duck decide to go for a day trip to the pool today? And how did she know to use the pool, how did she keep the ducklings from going into the hot tub? How did she plan on getting them back out when they were done with their swim? She could jump out, but the duckling that tried hit his head on the side of the pool and fell back into the water with a splash. Not the size of the splash the momma made when she realized the ducklings couldn't follow, but a fairly hefty splash for a critter of that size anyway.

Why did the other 10 ducklings stay home when I saw her swimming in the pool again last night?

So many questions come from just seeing a duck paddling its way through a swimming pool. So many mysteries of the universe to unravel. It makes me wonder what questions I'd have if I looked out one morning and saw a tuna swimming around in the pool. I suppose I'd start wondering if the pool was safe, or if there was a danger of a man-eating shark.

Or maybe I'd just wonder... when's lunch?

Paging Mr. Waldo

I decided that my blog doesn't have enough illustrations. Since I have absolutely no artistic ability, however, I'll just have to start including really bad digital photos.



Unlike my inaugural blog post, I'm not going to say anything witty about tuna. There aren't even any tuna in this picture! Unless one of the sea lions had a great snack earlier, but I tend to doubt it. They look too lazy to bother. The sea lions, not the tuna. As I said, I don't see any tuna.

This picture reminds me a lot of "Where's Waldo", but less odd people and more real creatures. And a lot more looking for the creatures than actually trying to find a specific one. I couldn't help but wonder "which of the sea lions answers to Waldo." You can't help but wonder "which sea lions."