TODAY AT QUASI POND

I was flabbergasted today. (By the way, is "flabbergasted" really a word? I use it all the time.) Remember I told you the animals seem to know I'm trying to take it easy so are careful I don't have to walk that much, how the other day, when I saw the egret at Duck Pond, and the mallards at Step Creek came swimming out there so I wouldn't have to make 2 separate drawings?

Well, today, it wasn't just the egret and mallards, but nearby the turtles came out of hibernation again, the Kawasemi came flitting onto a branch in the water, and a few minutes later, I heard familiar cawing--the crow!

"I hear you, but if you want me to sketch you, you'll have to come out where I can see you," I said into the air. Sure enough, a crow hopped into the clearing then onto a white pipe at the edge of the bushes bordering the pond. It's at the very edge of the drawing, the very back--I could barely get him in--so it's not a very good drawing tho'. I'll have to do another one another day to get a better picture.

Wow. 5-7 critter friends in one drawing! (2 turtles, 2 mallards) Usually, you can't get this many animals in 10 hours of drawing at the park!

But animals go out of their way to help the weak. They have been so kind as I've been getting over my COVID.

Have you ever seen how protective they are of blind ones in their group? those with heart problems or weak minds? Some people say human I.Q. are much higher than the animals, but sometimes, I wonder if they don't put us to shame.