new kids on the pond

The Chapel got a special delivery this weekend. Five new ducklings turned up on Saturday morning and were testing out their new swimming skills all day (with some breaks for naps). We're pretty enamored by these little guys.

Yesterday morning, however, we peeked out the window and sadly discovered they were down by one, and by the afternoon we only had three little ducklings in the yard. We're gunning for the last three to hold strong and didn't even feel angry at momma duck when she started squawking at 5.30 this morning - she was probably trying to scare off the local fox. Dean managed to capture the troups when they still numbered five. pretty friggin cute.