Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day.
Little Johnny wants to play.
Running through my head repeatedly, that rhyme, remembered from my childhood, couldn’t be more true to the way I feel about April…and now May! Little Johnny and Little Sally would like the rain to stop and the temperature to warm up so they can put on their shorts and sandals and go out to play. And Little Carolyn would like to get outside to take trail walks and play with her camera.
We have had so much rain recently that the ducks and geese have turned our swampy back yard into their personal swimming pool. Mowing the rapidly growing grass has been almost impossible, but the geese and ducks are loving it! Take a look!
First a pair of geese landed. Together they wandered through the wet grass.
And if it’s possible, the mallards are even happier than the geese. They wander through the grass, swim in the large puddles, and don’t mind the mud at all. I didn’t get any pictures of the actual swimming yet, but trust me, it really happens, and they love it. Every year this pair of mallards returns to our neighborhood, and we smile to see them. It’s almost as if they are coming back to their favorite vacation resort: plenty of water for swimming, green grass galore, and no lack of tasty food. We provide everything a duck would love. Is it any wonder they return year after year?
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 
I like when the mallards see a low area filled with water at a park and make it their personal pond. When we had the bad flooding a week ago, there was 14 feet of water on the expressway and while they were pumping it out and a reporter was there to report on the progress, he said two mallard ducks flew down and were paddling around right near him.
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That’s proof that mallards won’t pass up a puddle without taking a swim.
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