It is very interesting what situations life brings you. I pulled up to an intersection today on my way to brunch with friends. On the other side of the intersection in front of me where a man and a woman standing in the middle of the road. He had the folding windshield sunshade from his car and was bending over holding it to the ground and she was bending over trying to shoo something along. The "something" was a gaggle (I know that applies to geese, but does it work with ducks?) of ducklings. The couple was trying to convince them to go to the side of the road and out of traffic. They had other ideas and weren't cooperating, in fact one escaped their attention and made a dash for the lined up cars on the other side of the road.

The light changed and I shook my head as the other two lanes of traffic started forward toward the two humans and eleven miniature water fowl in the middle of the road. How can you not see a spectacle like this? The front cars finally stopped just shy of the struggling beings both feathered and not. The other cars behind them stopped and started honking. The ducklings, seeing their chance made a break past the man futilely trying to corral them and ran under one of the front cars to make their stand.

Seeing this situation quickly turning for the worse, I pulled my motorcycle to the side of the road and started to direct the strident people who had someplace very important to be on a Sunday morning past the stalemate that had now developed. At one point a guy in his SUV almost hit me as he squeezed between two other cars so that he could get to church on time, either that or a bar, who knows.

Finally, with traffic decreased thanks to a biker acting like a traffic cop (the county jail was within a hundred feet, by the way) three women were able to drag the little feathered babies out from under the car. What happened to the guy with the sunshield, I don't know. The women put them into a box and went over to the side of the road and the flummoxed driver under whose car they had taken refuge was able to go on his way.

The kind ladies who had gathered the ducklings suggested that we release them at a park not far away, but I was concerned that the whole drama would just be played out again said that I would take them to the local Aviary and ask their advice. They thanked me and went their way after poking some holes in the box.

The aviary couldn't take the ducks in as the bird population of the place was quarantined against possible illness from wild fowl but they gave me some numbers to call (tomorrow) and a cup full of feed the the little birds may eat. I discovered that it is a myth, by the way, that you shouldn't touch baby birds for fear that the mothers will reject them. Apparently, birds have extremely poor senses of smell and won't be able to tell that humans have touched their offspring.


Anyway, after driving all over town with a box of cheeping ducklings on the back of my motorcycle I am now home with a terrarium full of cheeping, eating, drinking, and apparently happy ducklings waiting to see what will happen tomorrow. I will post some pictures of the cute little tykes later on RidinRenman.

Hittin the road today for my first long trip on my bike. I'm going to be traveling to the Phoenix area. If you are in that area...

I will be uploading pics of my travels on RidinRenMan.



I am bringing this account back to life to feature all of my model photography and computer work.

My traditional art such as painting, drawing, sculpture and poetry (such as it is) will be featured on my Myrddyn account while all of my scenery and nature photography can be seen on my new account RidinRenMan!

I am going to be traveling, doing my art, taking pictures of beautiful women (the women will be featured here and the art at Myrddyn), filming interviews of other artists and interesting people (which will be featured on my YouTube account, and documenting my travels (seen on RidinRenMan).

If you would be interested in partaking of my journey let me know. I am looking for models to shoot in different areas. As mentioned above I am looking for other artists or people or events that are interesting to film. If you know of something going on let me know and I will see if my road can intersect with it.

Will our paths cross?

I am bringing this account back to life to feature all of my model photography and computer work.

My traditional art such as painting, drawing, sculpture and poetry (such as it is) will be featured on my Myrddyn account while all of my scenery and nature photography can be seen on my new account RidinRenMan!

I am going to be traveling, doing my art, taking pictures of beautiful women (the women will be featured here and the art at Myrddyn), filming interviews of other artists and interesting people (which will be featured on my YouTube account, and documenting my travels (seen on RidinRenMan).

If you would be interested in partaking of my journey let me know. I am looking for models to shoot in different areas. As mentioned above I am looking for other artists or people or events that are interesting to film. If you know of something going on let me know and I will see if my road can intersect with it.

Will our paths cross?

So, be patient and all of the placeholders in my account will be replaced by new stuff soon!

FREE PRINT!!!!

The countdown has begun to the demise of this account and I am no longer posting any deviations here. All of my new work will go on my Myrddyn account.

To help with the transition, I'm going to be giving a freebie. One of the first 30 people to watch the new account will get a free print of their choice (some of which are limited editions) of anything posted on the new site by the time I get that many watchers.

I propose an experiment for those willing to join in.

Take a day and smile all day. When someone asks you how you are, say enthusiastically "Excellent, how are you?" and then ask them a question inspired by their question.

I am highly interested in your results if you are willing to share them.



Btw, I will be changing over to my new account soon, the new me needs a new name.

The account name is Myrddyn.