No ducks this year at all. Did they take another route this year and bypass me altogether? Did they stay down south? Very strange.
We had a nest (hive?) of bees in the corner out back in an old hollowed out pole. The neighbor complained and then they were gone. He said his dog was stung twice. Must have been chasing them. They did not bother me – I must be sour. Poisoned? I was afraid to eat the gallons of honey in their hive.
But no ducks this year. Hummmm I wonder why
Thank you for your service, to all our vererans.
Getting my Vitamin D
It has been so warm this October that I have been fighting Mustard Algae.
The election if over. The people have spoken. There was no revolution.
Well, it has been three days without a duck in sight. Is duck “season” over??? I think I’ll get a pool cover next year (season) and see if that will work. Maybe paint eyes on it. One guy said to get an alligator, another said a swan, pool toys that is. Another said to buy a dog, a real one. I could probably ask the neighbor if I could have one of his dogs during duck season. That dog jumps over my fence, walks across the pool deck, jumps the other fence, walks to the front yard and jumps back into my front yard. Another neighbor told me that dog goes to her house and eats her cat’s food then comes back retracing his steps and goes back home.
I looked out the window one morning and didn’t see any ducks in the water but then I noticed one sleeping on the deck. My shock was because he was sleeping on the exact spot where I had sprayed Small Animal Repellant a few days before! So, another attempt to make the ducks move along failed.
I had thought of making a scarecrow, I guess this would be a scareDUCK, for some time. 
I got some old clothes and stuffed them into a shirt and pair of jeans, made a “face” from cardboard, and tied a straw hat on top to try another way to make wild ducks stay out of my pool. The first day, no ducks. The second day, ducks. No effect, if the female duck came down the male followed her, pooping in the water and on the deck. Jack yelled “DUCKS” and he and I went out and shooed them away manually.
Thank you Stacy and Jack for taking me to my eye surgery, checking and listening to the nurses and doctors while they pumped feel good (or feel nothing) juice into my vein, checking paperwork, carrying around my papers and wallet and glasses, staying with me in recovery, driving me home and making sure I was aware enough to go up and down stairs.
Thank you Stacy and Jack for taking be to see my eye doctor the next morning at 8 AM, letting me off at the office door so I would not have to walk from the parking lot, and meeting me in the doctor’s office for my appointment, your encouraging words again on the way to the car, getting me something to eat and returning me home safe and sound.
Thank you Ian for offering to do the same like you did for my knee surgery but this time Stacy and Jack pulled the long straw.
Thank you Ann for offering to do the same because you’re a friend and I did the same for you when you had your eye done but this time Stacy and Jack pulled the long straw.
I have had no pain and the swelling is going down rapidly.
And – – – it’s time for drops.
Hope to see you (clearer) soon.
kansaoklafornian 