what kind of title for this day

We spent some time at the park today with friends. This particular park has a large gathering of ducks, geese, gulls and other birds (a crow nearly flew off with a bag of chips!). Now, at some parks with water and birds, there are signs up cautioning against feeding the "waterfowl" lest they become overly aggressive and to be honest, used to being fed. This park had no such sign and when we arrived at the park, we were greeted by a large procession of geese and ducks, letting us know in no uncertain terms that they were OK with being fed. In fact, they expected it. Nicole and Esme brought cracked corn to share so that everyone could take part in the feeding frenzy.



eva feeding so many birds



here they are following us across the bridge. we are like the pied piper of geese. and this white goose and samuel took a liking to one another.



I liked this fancy guy who walked around upright. This is Samuel's new Playmobil guy. He told me his story when we got home. As it turns out, this particular guy made a deal with the pirate devil (a sort of pirate faustian tale). In the deal, pirate guy got eternal life but he forgot to ask for eternal youth (ah the short sightedness of youth). Then he was stranded on an island and he will remain on the island, aging forever. You can see he is already quite aged. He is practically a skeleton. And Samuel said to check out his eyes. They are crazed! Aren't they crazed?



and i have mentioned how much eva enjoys making dolls. this doll is on her finger. she has gum for hair and a little flower in her hair; marker eyes. a little out of focus because she dances and sings as well (while you photograph her!).