male mallard making a joyous splash down in Yates Mill Pond
mallard
Tagwheeeeee
1 second to splashdown. Finally back to my winter home at Yates Mill Pond.
autumn glimmer
Mallard hen half asleep in the pond’s autumn glimmer.
going up
Pair of mallards leaving the back swamp at Yates Mill Pond.
doc ellen’s poem: what do you do
what do you do
when friend
hurt battered betrayed bruised
aches bone deep
swims away from your calls
.
what do you do
when friend
mute depressed angry dark
looks away
leaves once known shores and you
what do you do
when friend
haunted by other’s hate
fails to see
your heart open waiting
.
what do you do
when friend
bolts in hopeless blind flight
seeking light
comes to where your soul waits
.
you gift the gathered hope
your heart has sheltered
two duck families
two duck hens and their ducklings – wood ducks on the left and mallards on the right
doc ellen's journey 