Okay, so Mike calls (which is odd, because we hardly ever talk on the phone), I call back...
Seems that last week, before the Big Storm, there was a duck living in the pool at his parents'. Do you notice that I must be pretty high-falutin', as the last two post involve friends with pools?
Anyway...after the storm, said duck was gone. No harm, no fowl (ouch).
Well, in the last 48 hours, the duck has returned to the pool - with eleven ducklings!
Mike's dad (Mike Sr) calls some sort of animal-wrangling branch of the regional constabulary. Sheriff says "Oh, no, we can't move those - they're mallards. Federally protected!"
So now, Mike Sr is duty-bound to protect these rascals!
From a forwarded "Pops 2 son" email:
I went out to the pool about 11:30 [last night] and there's Mom duck and 11 little duckies snoozing on the concrete deck by the pool. I'm afraid that a cat will get the little ones. Lots of cats running around the neighborhood, and they will kill stuff for fun. Tomorrow, I have to construct a better [!] ramp for the little ones to get in and out of the pool. And, I need to duck-proof the skimmer so a little one doesn't get pulled in and drown. I'd like to also make a floating platform that is anchored in the middle of the pool so they can get on it at night and nothing can get to them. Put a little canopy on top of it for shade to keep them out of the 90+ heat... Maybe a small color TV and a CD changer for entertainment for them. And a small cooler full of tasty duck treats (whatever they are!). And they should all have a new bike! And a ball glove! At last, I have grand-ducks!
And, yes, that is the back corner where Milo from the Descendents peed on either July 5 or 6, 1987. Probably the 6th...
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And, yes, that is the back corner where Milo from the Descendents peed on either July 5 or 6, 1987. Probably the 6th...
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