Duck Tales

Today I tried to save the world (for four little ducklings that is). When I was in the gym yesterday I noticed that there was a small posse of ducklings wandering about on their own. It was raining, they were chirping away and they looked so sad and on their own.

I decided that today I'd go back and see if I could find them, and, if they were still on their own then feed them some seeds. Give them a hearty meal and a wave, you know.

So I rounded up my trusty sidekick, Sarah J and we got the seeds and headed out in the rain. After waddling around the side of the lake for a bit we found they were still on their own, much to our dismay. So we tried to get near to them to feed them but they kept swimming away from us.

We decided to throw some seeds near them in the hope that they would still get some food even though they didn't want to come near us, and luckily they did. But we couldn't help but feel sorry for them, being on their own with no parents to put the world to rights and make sure they didn't stay up past their bed time.

I dropped the RSPCA an e-mail just letting them know that there was four ducklings on their own and that this probably isn't uncommon in the wild but an electronic chirp for help couldn't go a-miss.

Good deed done for the day. I also got a picture or two to show anyone reading but I cannot find my cable to hook them up. I'm sure it will turn up though (when I beg my better half to help me find it) but for now, here's a nice picture from Google Image search of two cute ducklings in a cup.

Time to sneak up on my lady and give her a big kiss on the nose!

Chief -

Down at the Gym with a view to die for

Not as seedy as it sounds. Today I was at the Gym and most of the torture equipment I use is against this big glass window running the length of the wall. It really is a site to look outside. Let me explain.

There's a big body of water, like a big pond. And it is teeming with wildlife! This is on the Science Park.

There is:

• Countless varieties of birds and water birds
• Ducks
• Ducklings that are so cute and small
• Fish (big fish!)
• Geese
• Rabbits
• A Squirrel

Time really does fly when you're watching nature at its finest. I keep wondering to myself why am I in the gym when I could be running outside in nature and all its glory?

Well for one I would easily scare away most of the wildlife with my heavy panting and lumbering cardio mechanics. And flat ground. It's a lot easier to run and not fall over on a treadmill than it is on the uneven floor outside. But my main point is that it is much easier to run in the air-conditioned gym and watch nature at its most raw (last week a duckling was killed) than it is to run around the body of water and scare everything off.

Time to shower.

Chief -