Don't you just want to listen in on their conversation!!
The image of these ducks deep in conversation has made me chuckle since I first saw it.
- Bottom Right just asked a simple question.
- Middle can't believe she'd even ask such a thing!
- Front Left agrees with everything Middle says.
- Top Right does not want to get involved this time!
- Back Left is late to the meeting... again!
I "met" these particular ducks inside a blog called Chickens in the Road. They lived on a farm in West Virginia along with lots of chickens, some goats, a few sheep, dogs, cats, a couple of donkeys, a milk cow, and a farmer named Suzanne.
In the days after I broke the two lower bones in my right arm, I had a lot... really a lot... of time that I couldn't do much of anything but click and scroll with my left hand and read on the computer. That may sound dreadful, but during those days I got to thoroughly enjoy every bit of Chickens in the Road from the early posts of 2005 to the recent ones of 2019.
I suppose I don't know any ducks personally, but oh, how I have always loved Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, Quack, and of course, Mr. & Mrs. Mallard!
Make Way for Ducklings was written over 75 years ago, but I have a feeling that my grandchildren will love it as much as my kids did and as much as I did... still do!
A few years ago, we'd been on a trip and were to fly home from the Boston airport. We had allowed ourselves one extra day there, but I'm such a not-city person. I'm sure there are dozens of museums, historical monuments, and not-to-be-missed sights to see. But, there was only one place that I wanted to go... Boston Public Garden.
I might have cried a little when I saw Mrs. Mallard and her 8 ducklings.
I might have cried again to see a real Mrs. Mallard with her ducklings.
Ducks just make me smile... well, and cry... but mostly smile. 😊
Ducks just make me smile... well, and cry... but mostly smile. 😊
Thank you to Suzanne McMinn of Chickens in the Road for letting me use her photo as a reference for this painting.
Original Oil Painting on 11"x 14" Wrapped Canvas
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