We are still waiting for mama duck to hatch the chicks and now I’m hoping they are viable…. She was off the nest for 3 whole days and nights, but it was hot… So all we can do is wait. I just read online that it takes up to 35 days or longer if the heat wasn’t high enough or if it was rainy…. Interesting that we have seen mama turning the eggs. That is what you do if you incubate the eggs … People actually raise ducks and chickens in incubators instead of buying eggs and chicken at Winn Dixie. hmmmmm. So… hang in there mama. You get a medal girl.
Today Chuck was honored for having been a qualified submarine sailor for more than 50 years. He was inducted into the Holland club in his USSVI (United States Submarine Veterans) meeting. Holland was the first designer of United States submarines and the honor is for anyone who qualified and has served as a submarine sailor for over 50 years. (once a submariner… always a submariner). "Passing Quals" or "qualifying" means you could work every piece of machinery on the boat… You can navigate, fix machinery, fix electronics, load and shoot torpedoes, raise the boat, tie the boat up, and dive the boat. Submarines are a boat not a ship as they can be loaded onto a ship. Qualified submariners were able to do anything on board a submarine. I always love watching submarine movies… they were often held together with bubble gum and wood chucks. Anything to keep silent and under the water. Every meeting we honor the submarines and men lost as "on eternal patrol" and we keep the splendid memory of undersea silent service alive. Thank You Chuck for your service!!! Thanks to all veterans for service to the United States of America. God bless America. God bless you.