Our friend Renee is all right. She is on a well deserved health and wellness vacation in Myrtle Beach and promises to rest, relax, eat well, and garden until all follow-up doctor visits are done! We are relieved that our friend is OK!
It has become "normal Miami weather" with sunny mornings, angry sky stormy noons, and hot sunshine in the late afternoon. We have taken the pontoon boat out every evening and enjoyed all the waterways off the 2 Westwood Lakes. I will leave for Big Pine Key tomorrow (Wednesday) to return the books on CD we enjoyed on the trip, to pick up the mail the post office has been holding, and to see when rehab starts. I was supposed to start rehab about 5 weeks ago for "old knees" but I said, "Hey I have to go party, can it wait?" Chuck will follow after he pulls the boat out and secures her for 6 weeks until we return.
We have many many baby ducks on the lake this year and something odd is happening. Swarms of as many as 30 ducklings (from newborns to teenagers) are being escorted across the lawns or through the waters of the lake by as many as 4 to 5 Mamas… It’s odd; I don’t remember the armies of protective Mamas. Usually one Mama goes first and a few guard the flanks with one Mama bringing up the rear keeping the stragglers in line. This is good as sometimes in the past we would find a baby duckling peeping in the yard… lost… or large birds or other creatures grab the stragglers. (gulp). These Mamas are quite smart about protecting the youngins. So it is a good time to thank our Mamas for protecting the chickens. Turn to your Mom whether she’s near or in heaven, and give her a rousing "Thanks Mom for shepherding me through baby hood and staying with me through teen ager hood!" God bless us.