Duck! Duck! GOOSE! ( and a heron, too!)

Before we moved to South Lyon, Mike and I ( and eventually, a very tiny Mackenzie) lived in a townhouse in Ann Arbor. The townhouse was near a wild life reserve and I used to take Mack on walks there every day- sometimes twice a day. Last Thursday Mack was sick and we couldn't go to music class so we went to feed the ducks at the nature reserve instead. What a fun experience. I had just as much fun as Mack. Here are some photos from our outing.

We stopped at Kroger on our way out of town to grab a loaf of their almost out of date bread. 49 cents a loaf- what a steal! As soon as we showed up, the ducks paddled over to us. Next came the geese and lastly, a lanky gray heron-all a very captive audience.

Mack winged full pieces of bread as far as her little arm could.


While most of it made it to the water to the attentive crew below, some didn't make it past the bridge supports.
Mack stopped half way for a snack of her own:
And the trip wasn't all work. We left room for play, too:
After soaking up the sun and some fresh air, we munched on crackers and cheese before heading home for Mackenzie's nap. Now that Mackenzie is older, it's so much fun to take her on these little trips. She was truly interested in the animals and the surrounding trees and water. At one point she said " A ducks like the water, eating grass!" I look forward to lots more days spent exploring the world with my little side kick.