Adventures with Wildlife

I have always loved to go to Holly Hill in Fairburn and feed the ducks - actually geese. Mom and Daddy used to take us there when we were little and it was always lots of fun. We'd save up bread for a few weeks and then take it all up to the pond and have a blast. Donald and I took Emily this week. However, a few things have changed. Geese outnumber the ducks by about five to one and - news flash - geese are mean! We pulled up to the pond and were immediately surrounded by a flock of geese before we even got of the truck. So we didn't get out! Emily kept shouting, "They're coming from everywhere! They're coming from everywhere!" It was like something out of a Hitchcock movie. At any rate, we fed the ducks from inside the truck and Emily had a great time. Listening to her talk to the ducks was fun for us. She kept urging them to come closer - as if that was even necessary. I think they would have climbed in the truck if we would have let them. The geese fought like nobody's business - there were bread crumbs and feather scattered everywhere before we left. I like this picture of her from inside the truck. It's a little shadowy, but still lots of fun. Hope you're having a great week!