Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Ducks

The ones that got away

You know that the world cant be all bad, when a traffic jam on the way home was caused by motorists stopping their cars to allow ducks the right of way.

"Mum duck" just waited patiently until the cars stopped, then proceeded across the street with around eight ducklings in tow. I was still smiling when I got home - as much for the ducks as for the people who stopped.

It's was almost enough to forget Craig's murderous duck rampage on the way back from the Greymouth Motorcycle Street Race. Almost.....

4 comments:

Di Mackey said...

Loved this ... read it out to Gert, of course. :)

Haphazardkat said...

I love when there are unexpected pauses in the rat race of life :)

Anonymous said...

It reminds me of the time Tom Boonen, local cycling hero, crashed his Ferrari Gallardo because an animal crossed the road. Good for you to stop the car instead of crash it.

Jay said...

That's sweet.
Thank goodness for the small quiet moments in life that bring us joy.