Mallards in the icy pond water

deleted_user 01/13/2011
holly,did you take up photography? you take some beautiful picture\'s.is this pond near where you live? it remind\'s me.i use to go to the cemetary to pay my respect\'s to some family member\'s.well there is a brook that run\'s along it.i use to feed the mallard\'s there.they got so use to my car they use to come out of the water and follow it.so cuteeeeeeeeeeee.than i would feel bad because i
ran out of food for them.

i just think this area in your picture\'s is so serene. hope all is well with you.do you have a hard time in the cold weather? m.s. doesn\'t like to cold or to hot.
thank\'s for sharing,dianey xo

SoftFlower 01/17/2011
This place is called Friends Pond, its a lovely pond with a bridge that you can walk across to an island in the center of the pond.

When my mother was in my care during the Alzheimer\'s part of her life, this was the place I would take her in the middle of the night during the summer months when she couldnt sleep.

I would pack a thermos of hot camomile tea with honey and we would sit on a bench and watch and listen to the geese and ducks, and breath the fresh air. It was always a calming place to be.

Mother went on to live with me for almost 9 years and died peacefully here at home with me in her own bed. I miss her.

So this wonderful Friends Pond and her wild life hold a very special place in my heart, and I wanted to share these pictures of her wild life.

Thanks so much for very kind comment, I do hope your well,its very nice to see and hear from you.

Love Always,
Holly

SoftFlower 01/17/2011
Ps, you know there is a cemetery next to Friends Pond:) its a very old one. I love to read the things written on the old ones:)

ldozy1 01/17/2011
I love the one with them all keeping the water from icing over... it looked like a mosaic pattern with the submerged ice below them
Great shots Holly

bbbb 01/27/2011
I love all the pictures you have taken. Great!