The right stuff...

So your`re off on a perfect summer day to the river...

Check your list to make sure you`ve got all the right stuff...

swim suits? Check.
snacks? Check.
sunglasses? Check.
snorkels and masks? Check.
camera? Check.
dogs? Check.
duckling?......what?!
Yup...duckling!
Check!



Last week we hiked down to the Chemainus river, through bee buzzing fields of alfapha... 

Pastures long since abandoned by cows...

...down to the warmest swimming holes...

...and yes, with duckling in tow!

My friend Irma had been given an orphan duckling by someone who

found her all alone in a field. I supposed that something may have

plucked her up and accidently dropped her before the human found her.



Since she hasn't been accepted by Irma's other ducks, she's been following around her surrogate

mom and has a bit of separation anxiety when left alone.

So what better place to take her than for a swim in the river on a hot summers day!

Rachel was in heaven too!

We all got in on some ducky-love...



Her name is Buttercup.



Time for a little stroll up river...

We could walk for miles and miles on this lovely July afternoon...

Delicate grasses dancing on the banks...



Griff and brother Frank...double doodle dog paddle...

...later we moved over to this great, deep swimming hole to finish off our day...

Best duck day ever!!

"Today is the perfect day for a perfect day."