The 20th was one of those rare days when I walk 10,000 steps (even though I am not on vacation in Europe, when 10,000 steps is pretty ordinary). I began the day by walking to yoga (and walking home). Somewhere between 1 and 1.5 miles, round trip.
Going to 8:00 am yoga, because there is a Smell & Tell at the library at regular evening yoga time on the 20th.
Ducklets in the park!!!
I counted 12. That is a lot of babies for one parent to watch out for! (Duck daddies do not seem to take a part in the raising of the bebés.)
An excellent late tulip, still going strong.
After class. Admiring the garden in front of the Ann Arbor School of Yoga.
Irises in the strong morning sunlight.
Looking straight down.
Pansy.
The irises weren't the only things lit up by the strong morning sun. Japanese maple, and friends.
That lit-up red/orange looks good against the shady tan, and dusty blue.
And against that blue sky. Not to mention the neighboring tree's green foliage.
Back in the park. Here is what has happened to the petal paper that I did not move to the more-protected environment inside my house:
Still interesting, but much more homogenously brown.
Approaching the pond, as we head westward, the path forks. The right fork goes to the band shell, and the left fork goes to the bridge over the pond.
It is my impression that male ducks only "protect" against other male ducks. He'll be right there with her until she starts sitting on a nest, and then he's out of the family picture. I'm finding it hard to be warm and fuzzy about that sort of behavior..........
The couple above is at lower right in this next image. The mama with the 12 bebé ducklings is standing on the edge of the pond about where the path at right is at the extreme of its curve toward the park.
This is not the same male as above.
Tadpoles. I think they look noticeably fatter than last week.......
Another good thing about the park is that we can get a bigger view of the sky over the park than in the neighborhood, where the trees are thicker.
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