Morning Walk

Only 38 degrees. There is not a breeze stirring, though, and it is a sunny morning. It also has been another week since I have been able to go on a walk. I have to take this opportunity. This winter, you just cannot be sure when you will get another decent break. I need the air, and the quality time with Plato and away from the pull of the Internet.

I brought the whole bag of cracked corn this time, thinking that the ducks have been neglected and are likely to be starving. I had no trouble discharging all of the food. I just wish the smaller, cuter ducklings would not get forced out from the core of the feeding.

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Pop

Pop only took over the big room for about fifteen minutes, before retiring to his room. It upset me a little. I could have kept the laptop going and stayed in the room for the evening. Pop comes out of his room a little later, but he says he will only putter around in his office. His leg is bothering him badly. He is puzzled about the cause. I ask if it could be a complication of his diabetes. He says that his tests are good on that front.