Make Believe

Ada made a yellow crown to match her yellow gloves. She loves being a princess and in her make believe world she’s always the star. She loves bling too. Her other favorite thing is food. She loves healthy food. Fresh peppers are always a pick if Erin leaves them in her reach in the refrig and she knows how to drag a chair too. One Sunday morning Erin just let her get up alone and decided to sleep longer. Well, when she did go in where Ada was Ada had spread all the slices of bread around the room on chairs. She’d eaten holes in some slices. She was having a party with lots of guests.

It’s going to be colder for a few days.  Not Arctic weather so I’m trying to be thankful.

Pop built a wood duck house for his pond. He read all about them and what kind of house they liked.  By this time he was already very sick. He couldn’t get in the water to place the pole. He installed it near the edge. He told me they’d like it better just out in the water. He finished it but no wood ducks came.  He passed that next February. Next year, still no wood ducks, but sweet Astrid kept her eye on the house making sure it was up to stuff.  The third year after he built the house, they came and laid eggs in the house. Each year they have returned and last year Asti even sneaked a picture of a full house of ducklings. They leave the nest right away and swim in the pond. They have smart parents that soon lead them to big Galla Lake where they are safer from predators.  Well this week, Astrid said— the wood ducks are here! Pop knew if he could get a pair to come and he kept the house clean and repaired they’d return.  Pop is still here too.🦆🦆