Brisbane, QLD


Tuesday, October 7, 2025

DUCKLINGS IN SPRING

 When I walked in the morning with my buddies, I saw these ducks with ducklings dangerously crossing the road. I jumped out on the road and held up my hands to stop a car driving towards the ducks. The driver kindly waved and mouthed thank you. 



Every Tuesday evening I play cards with a group of friends in the village. Dot and Peter are the hosts. Last month it was Dot's 80th so Ann (looking on) baked a cake for Dot and we had it for supper. There are quite a lot of village residents turning 80 this year. 

17 comments:

  1. It sounds like there'll be rather a lot of cake to come, and it is good to socialise with cake.

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  2. Hurray for those who save ducks!!! Well done Diane! Loved the photos! Happy belated Birthday to Dot! That looks like a great cake!

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  3. Happy Birthday to Dot. Good age is 80, we are both there now.
    The ducks are gorgeous and nice of you to stop the other can..

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  4. Cute captures of the duck families. Happy birthday to Dot. Take care, have a great day!

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  5. That's kind of you to do that. Truly, we're sharing this planet with them. Happy birthday to your friend Dot. A great way to spend your Tuesdays, I'd say.

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  6. Parents love and protect their children as best they can, and not just human parents. Your duck parents are very protective!

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  7. I am 1 more than 80 and I would love the ducks and the get togehter

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  8. Kudos to you, Diane, for being a traffic safety officer for the duck family. Birthday get togethers with friends are always wonderful events to celebrate.

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  9. How sweet, those tiny ducklings crossing the road are such a lovely sight in spring, you did a wonderful thing stopping the car for them, that was very quick thinking. A birthday celebration for Dot with a homemade cake sounds like a delightful Tuesday evening, eighty is a lovely milestone, isn't it? It's nice that your village has such a friendly tradition.

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  10. Stay safe, sweet ducklings (and HB to Dot).
    Amalia
    xo

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  11. Belated good wishes to Dot on her 80th birthday.
    Lovely to see the ducks and ducklings.

    All the best Jan

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  12. Gorgeous these little ducklings and a special celebration turning 80

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  13. What a kind gesture, dear Diane! Beautiful photos.

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  14. Well done you. We have a family of ducklings on the golf course at present. I just hope they all survive.

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  15. Ducks and cake, what a nice blog post to read. Thankfully our canal and river in Saltaire are well away from roads so they are relatively safe - though a swan got killed by a train!

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  16. How cute the ducks ! Here the age is from 72 (start of Alzheimer) until 103 nearly 104 you would never believe that she is so old. I am a teenager ! Most of us are 80 to 100.

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  17. Well done they survived the crossing :-) T'other Diane

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