Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Duck Family



After a long day swimming, ducking and diving and mucking about on the river, Deirdre and Diarmuid Duck spent a romantic evening standing on the river wall admiring the view

watching the sun go down and quacking about building a nest


When the nest was built, Deirdre laid 10 eggs, and after 28 days, Siobhán, Sinéad, Órflaith, Eóin and Dónal Duck arrived, and little Buí, the odd one out. All are doing very well and living happily on the river Shannon.

24 comments:

  1. and a happy evening to them all..may the wind ever be at their backs and may their waters be calm and filled with many delicious grasses.

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  2. What a delightful tale! (Now, if only I could pronounce those Gaelic names!)

    Desert stream

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  3. wow what a beautiful story and photos. thats awesome. thanks for sharing

    my watery wednesday involves our trip to caballo lake. perhaps you could stop by my blog and check it out. comments are always appreciated and i will come back to visit your blog on a regular basis.
    thanks Ria
    http://airiaartphotography.blogspot.com/

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  4. Wonderful images - Very relaxing & dreamy!

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  5. I do like that photo of the parents, admiring the sunset! I haven't seen any ducklings or goslings yet this year, but I have mostly been in the woods, looking for wildflowers. I love the heron, further down, too!!

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  6. You are a good storyteller and of course, good photographer, too! Love this post!!!

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  7. What a fun story! I love that you got a picture of the nest. Thanks!

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  8. Great story and photos of the duck family.

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  9. Very cute ducks and such a peaceful sunset, Ann. You have a wonderful view! Hope the little ones do well.
    ...Wanda♥

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  10. Wonderful tale to accompany the beautiful photos. I love all the names!

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  11. I love it!
    Chronological process very details.

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  12. What a fantastic story and beautiful photos! :) I love photos with the black contours! And the sun set is soft and warm.. (at least warm in color) ;)
    Have a nice day! :)

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  13. What a wonderful post, Ann. Love the story and the photos. Hope the little ducklings are doing well :)

    Have a happy weekend!

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  14. Great idea and the way you presented the duck story. Very nicely done. Happy you stopped by for a visit today.

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  15. That little different duckling will grow up to be a beautiful swan?

    Mum used to keep a lot of ducklings, and I was the helper. It is quite rare to have an odd duck out.

    Came to say Hi from another Ann from New Zealand.

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  16. Beautiful photos and a lovely story!

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  17. SO VERY ROMANTIC !!!! Deitre and Diarmuid are super !!!!!! so beautiful pic !!!!!

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  18. so many beautiful photos here...that first one with the reflections was really stunning!

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  19. a happy duck family...

    Thanks for sharing beautiful photos, thanks for dropping by :)

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  20. Hi Ann

    I loved your duck story, I miss Henry and Maude my river ducks.

    Thank you for your sweet comments on my post. I tried to reply via email but its not listed.

    Happy days

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