04-29-2010 – New pictures

We’ve recently discovered that we have a mallard duck nest in our front flower bed, probably less than 4 feet from our front door (in the first picture below you can see our front door mat).  Last year we had barn swallows nest on our front porch, this year we seem to have added mallards to the list.  While we did not think the barn swallows were coming back this year because there is no nest yet, I did notice both of them (a male and female) were spending the night on our porch just last night – so I’m sure the nest is going to be built soon.  Here are a few pictures of the momma mallard duck as well as the nest.

We are obviously keeping the dogs out of the front yard for the most part so they don’t bother her, and she seems to be pretty tolerant of us walking near by, so long as we move slowly.  It should be pretty cool when the eggs hatch.

Our friend Kristen just got a new puppy, Blade, a German Shepherd from the same breeder we got Nico from.  She brought him over a couple weekends ago to spend the night so he could meet Nico and Enzo and they could all get used to each other.  Here is a picture of him sleeping on Kristen – in this picture he was only 8 weeks old, judging from the size of those tree trunks he has for legs, he is going to be one big boy.

Kristen and Blade

And one last picture, Nico and Enzo on the couch together.  Nico has the “please get this puppy off of me” look on his face – for good reason, I don’t remember, but I’d be willing to bet that within 60 seconds of this picture being taken Enzo was probably chewing on Nicos ear/leg/foot/something.  It’s a good thing little Enzo is so cute, because he’s quite a pain sometimes. 

Nico and Enzo on couch