A Spring Walk

Now that the weather has become more Spring like and the temperatures have approached the upper 50's and lower 60's it is good to be able to take walks and enjoy the beginning of a new season.  Mallory and I ventured out again and this time decided to take some bread to feed the ducks at Wheeler Farm.  I love walking with Mallory.

As we approached Wheeler Farm we saw the signs on the gates that the Farm was closed because of the Coronavirus.  We could see a few people here and there wandering around the farm so we ventured in, knowing that we wouldn't run into crowds of people.  As we neared the lake the ducks must have sensed or hope that we had food because they came in mass to greet us.  Mallory wasn't all that excited about swarming ducks and especially a couple very aggressive geese who were pushing their way in front of the ducks.  I was loving it.  Mallory stepped back and took some pictures, not wanting to be in the middle of the quacking and honking fowls.

This picture is before we even got to the pond.

 You can see the two very aggressive and very much in charge geese.  The one right in front of me kept her place the whole time I was there and made it very clear that she was hungry!

After all the bread was gone and hopefully a few ducks and a couple of geese had their tummy's filled, Mallory and I continued our walk.  Our next hungry animal that we came by was a horse.  The minute he saw us he came right up to the fence.  Maybe he sensed how much Mallory loved horses.  We were able to stroke his nose and we pulled some grass and gave his a taste of the new grass growing outside of the fence and just out of his reach.

Then we wandered up through the neighborhoods and home walking a nice distance of three miles.  Mallory has since gone back to Stansbury during this COVID-19 issue.  She is only working one day a week so will probably spend a greater amount of her time in Stansbury until this virus is no longer a serious threat and until she is back on a full time schedule.  We shall pick up our walks when she comes back.  I miss walking with her.