August 1, 2005:
Happy Birthday Ed
If we had not lost Ed (”MaxaMINI”) last week, it would have been his birthday today … in tribute it has been suggested that today his friends “float a duck” so I have bought some ready:
On the way home tonight I stopped at Silly Goose Toys to see what ducks they had, and found this wonderful little guy:
(he will not be going swimming tonight!)
They also had some tiny little ducks at $1 a piece, so I grabbed a handful to carry around and hand out to duckless MINI owners …
So tonight we headed out to Gloucester breakwater, to “free the ducks” into the ocean:
When we saw a real duck swim out from the breakwater, we decided this was the spot to release the tribute ducks …
One duck happily landed right way up, and drifted slowly away into the evening …
Ed, we will miss you …
Theo (2005/08/01 @ 4:56 pm)
I launched my Max Birthday Duck in the Harriman Reservoir in Wilmington, VT this morning as I passed by on a Memory Motoring Adventure.
Happy Birthday Ed!
Robyn (2005/08/01 @ 10:11 pm)
We launched several birthday ducks into the Delaware River this evening at Washington Crossing State Park near Titusville, NJ.
We miss you Ed!