After Tonka and two different dogs mistook the greenish pond for more grassy lawn and took a "swim," D took matters into his own hands called a number listed in Craigslist . When we turned onto the man's road I realized where we were. Good thing too, because we had to drive to her house (and wake her up...oops...) to borrow a box big enough to fit our new 
The man had several varieties to choose from and we settled on three Cayuga ducks; two females and a drake with a formerly broken leg. 
They are so fun to watch and we cannot wait for the first egg to be laid!
Oh, and 'fer thinks he can do anything. But that's another post entirely. 
For those of you curious, Abuela's former living room planter has a new life as the base for the duck's outside pen. During the night they sleep in a duck house that was custom made for my brother's first dog many (ha!) years ago; it now sports a hinged door in the rear for egg retrieval.Other Emily, I hope your kids like feeding the ducks; that's how they're going to earn their keep at my house. ;-p
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O.K., since they're not all boys, they can't be Huey, Dewey and Louie like the Disney ones D had as a kid -- but how about Daisy, Donna and Dewey?
*lol* oh, THAT is why you keep having the littles feed and/or let out the ducks when we come over... Earning their keep, eh??
nah, E, your children are worth their weight in gold b/c of the cousincare they provide. The duck(t)work is just icing :)
lol. SWEET!! :) I'm sure they will be thrilled to hear that they are worth that much. ;)
Amy didn't mind being woken up, she was happy to see you guys. When I read about Abuela's former living room planter, at first I was like, "AHHHH!! That wooden antique??" Then I realized it was those bricks that we always stubbed our toes on! ;-)
FYI: I am not sure if you or Dan can do anything about this, but I figured out why the pond became the way it is when I was in undergrad in biology class-it is at the base of a hill and all the local fertilizers (read, NITRATES) flow into it b/c of where it is-so you have to figure out a way to neaturalize or negate the nitrates that are destroying the pond.
just one more reason why Jim and I try to avoid nitrates in our....oh, lawn fertilizers and HAIR products!!!! If people only knew the evils they cause!!!
nice ducks ;-)
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cute! how fun for the boys to be able to feed the ducks whenever they want. =) Will they not fly away during winter?
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