Isn’t he marvellous? He resides at roughly the intersection of Ontario’s highways 12 and the 400.
Who made him? Why? How long did it take? Who put him there? So many questions, alas unanswered by the sign which only asked people not to climb on or hang from Wauby.
Hope I get to see the real thing soon. They should be coming out of the bush anytime now. I’ve heard reports of people around seeing them but haven’t yet had the pleasure myself this year.
Fiona at Books and ’Rocks has tagged me for the book meme. Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the next three sentences, so if my math is correct that’d be sentences six, seven and eight. 5. Tag five people and post a comment to the blogger who tagged you (so in my case it’s Fiona and if I tagged you then you post here to my blog).
And as I’m writing this, turns out Rebecca tagged me too. So double the tag from her and back again…does that mean anything? Extra brownie points for both of us??? And now Alma’s been double tagged too…tag is rampant today!
Every year the buffleheads stop in on their way further north. They’re hard to get a picture of because they’re small and they’re nervous of people. They’re diving ducks and I love to watch them disappear and reappear and do it all again. Find more on these marvellous creatures at this informative website from Cornell.
The mallards, however, suffer from no such camera shyness. They were among the first waterbirds I saw.
As soon as they can squeeze themselves into the narrow shoreline melt they start nibbling, heads in the water and butts in the air.
The Canada geese were a close second.
And once again there are busted bugs all over my windsheild. Truly the sights of spring.
Andrea and Mark, the people who put together the fabulous resource that is Just One More Book, have posted an interview with me. How they made me sound like I sort of knew what I was talking about is surely a testament to their magic.
Be sure to spend some time there listening to the wealth of material on authors, illustrators, and kids books. For anyone who loves books it’s got to be at the top of your list of browser bookmarks.
