A funny thing happened on the way to my office. After parking my car at a garage under a very busy business building near Capitol Hill, I went upstairs to wait for the shuttle that takes me to work, a familiar routine that I’ve repeated almost daily for many years now. The most I’ve seen out front are vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in transit; it’s all so very mundane except for the flowers, trees and clothing that change with the seasons. But on that fine spring morning as I leisurely emerged from the building, walked up the steps to the sidewalk, there seemed to be nobody walking, very few cars or anyone else waiting for the shuttle. There was a tourist with a camera hovering around the pansy garden, funny because the flowers weren’t all that exciting. As I got closer, we exchanged pleasantries and then I saw them.
It was odd to see a pair of ducks on Mass Avenue, not a pond in sight. My silly self wondered if they had arrived at Union Station a few blocks up and waddled down to board the shuttle (I work at a hospital, were they going to visit a patient?) I giggled to myself as I snapped a few photos, careful not to disturb them. A few days later in a town an hour or so from the District, I happened upon another pair that upon first glance, had feathers similar to those on the ducks I had seen in Washington
I used to wonder why the male in so many species of birds is adorned with color and other interesting features while the female is rather mundane. Now I laugh with envy knowing that those little women spend nary a moment fluffing up for attention -- looking good is men’s work, whether all that fuss is worth it is left up to the girls! We really could learn a few things from the creatures around us.
Hope your day is just duckie and as always…
keep your peepers open!®
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