Food for Thought


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It is better to trust and be disappointed once in awhile than to distrust and be miserable all of the time.

-Abraham Lincoln

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

DayBreak!



Last night, Clint was making grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner. And as he searched the fridge for some bread, we discovered a loaf that had been there for quite a while. It wasn't moldy or anything but it wasn't "ideal" for sandwich making. Normally I would just throw it away but Clint thought it would be nice to feed some ducks somewhere. So today, Clint and I went to DayBreak after church to feed the ducks. When we got out of the car at the DayBreak lake, we didn't see very many ducks. And unfortunately, the two or three ducks we DID see kept swimming away from us. It's like they knew the bread we were trying to feed them was old or something. So there we were...at the lake, with bread in hand, and no ducks to feed! The only animal life in sight were the school of gnats swarming above Clint's head as we walked. That was actually pretty funny. You know how in comic strips, the artist will draw some dark squiggly lines above the cartoon's head to show that the cartoon character is angry? Well Clint looked like a real life "angry" cartoon with those gnats congregating above him. I wish we had a good picture of that! We walked around to some other lakes at DayBreak (all the while swatting gnats away from our faces) and finally did see a group of seagulls. We expected them to swim away from us as the ducks had but they must not be as picky about their lunchtime meal as ducks. When we threw the first piece of bread into the water, these birds completely swarmed around us. I feared that poop would land on me but we were lucky and did not get hit this time.

3 comments:

Marcus and Amy said...

I love feeding the ducks! We have a canal behind our house and we always feed them. But right now there is no water in the canal, so there are no ducks, but maybe soon! Come on over sometime and feed them with us...some of them fight!

Jon and Briana said...

so when Jon saw the title of your blog he got really scared thinking you were moving to daybreak! But he was happy when I told him you were not moving out there. So sorry those ducks are so picky! But those seagulls they will eat anything (remember the cricket incident) anyway hope you guys are doing well and I am sorry but we will be dropping of the face of the planet with finals coming up. So good luck TC and em keep him in shape!

Carson said...

I love the new Look Emily I love reading your blog! You are such a great friend thanks!