December 25, 2009
The Twelfth Day of Duckmas 2009
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
And a quacky New Year!
Good tidings we bring to you and your flock
Good tidings for Duckmas
And a quacky New Year!
Oh bring us some tasty rye bread
Oh bring us some tasty rye bread
Oh bring us some tasty rye bread
So we can nibble all year!
For The Pond's readers we have just one wish
Please have a Merry Duckmas
And for the rye bread, we don't need us a dish!
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
We wish you a Merry Duckmas
And a quacky New Year!
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Beautifully done yet again. Merry Christmas to you and yours, sir.
Posted by: GreyDuck at December 25, 2009 10:54 AM (o5Lvb)
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Love the Christmas series! Merry Christmas to you, Eric 
Posted by: Digicolleen at December 25, 2009 03:20 PM (8ujY0)
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Adorable! Merry Christmas Eric!
Posted by: Gerberette at December 25, 2009 06:46 PM (0erIh)
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December 24, 2009
Eleventh Day of Duckmas 2009
Gotta have cookies and milk for Santa, and who better than the gingerbread duckies to get them ready?
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Gingerbread duckies! (You know, at this rate I'm going to end up needing several sets of shelves to hold all the ducks I want to acquire...)
Posted by: GreyDuck at December 24, 2009 09:48 AM (3q5Q5)
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December 23, 2009
The Tenth Day of Duckmas 2009
Blitzen, Rudolph and Comet were sure they had an interloper in their midst, but how to
prove it?
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December 22, 2009
The Ninth Day of Duckmas 2009
I attracted a little bit of attention while I took this shot, I'm afraid. Security attention, to be exact. See, this particular mall was the one where a dumb bumbler had planned to set off
hand grenades during christmas rush three years ago, and I guess they're a little shy about the whole "people taking photographs" thing.
The security guy whipped out his iPhone, took a look at The Pond (and last year's 12 Days of Duckmas), then let me finish taking the pictures.
There were also three generations of women from one family shopping that stopped and coo'd over the duckies, so that was fun... at this point, I'd like to say hello to the Trotten family (I hope I got that right)!
Ph.Duck and I are returning to Duckford tomorrow afternoon, weather permitting.
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Sweet, you also have the red one! (I only have the green one...)
And hooray for our modern ability to get to the web from the middle of a mall via handheld device.
Posted by: GreyDuck at December 22, 2009 09:41 AM (3q5Q5)
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I got lucky, GD... it was the last green one in the store, sitting on top of two boxes of red. :-)
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 22, 2009 12:27 PM (p76Oz)
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December 21, 2009
The Eighth Day of Duckmas 2009
All the ducklings loved to hear Santaduck's stories of Christmases past...
...and the cookies afterward. Can't forget about those.
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December 20, 2009
The Seventh Day of Duckmas 2009
We arrived safely in New Mexico late last night. There are mountains here...
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I guess you're not used to mountains, are you? Not a lot of those in Illinois.
Lots of mountains here, of course; I live near several stratovolcanoes. It was one of the things that creeped me out about Boston: no skyline. The only skyline was buildings, and the occasional hill. The "tallest mountain" in that region (a peak in New Hampshire) wouldn't even rate a name in the Cascades.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at December 20, 2009 05:58 PM (+rSRq)
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I'm quite amazed by the mountains, having lived my entire life in the midwest. I visited Seattle a decade or so ago, so I'm not entirely unfamiliar with such things, but it really is completely different from what I'm used to.
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 20, 2009 10:26 PM (p76Oz)
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To clarify: having lived where it is, essentially, flat all my life and being able to see a horizon fifty miles away (or whatever it is), being surrounded by mountains and big hills in Seattle actually made me feel claustrophobic.
Here in Albuquerque, though, the mountains are basically all on one side of the city. I can look one direction and feel at home (except, of course, for the completely different type of trees, desert, etc etc etc), then look the other way and see mountains! Big ones! Right there! Wow!
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 21, 2009 10:55 AM (p76Oz)
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Don't forget to e-mail me.
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December 19, 2009
The Sixth Day of Duckmas 2009
Ducks...
at...
niiiiiiiiiiight!
Amazing what a digital camera set to a 4 second exposure and a 10-LED flashlight can do...
I really like the concept of the picture; too bad half of the lights on the tree were off. I've been doing test shots for this one for the past three days. Nice to see that all the planning paid off.
Later tonight I'm heading to New Mexico until the 23rd, but the
12 Days of Duckmas will continue uninterrupted!
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December 18, 2009
The Fifth Day of Duckmas 2009
Say it with me now: "
Four wings!
Four freakin' wings!"
The picture of Angel that I used last year was easily my favorite, and this one doesn't measure up to
that one. It was actually my fallback photo, in case the planned one failed... which it did. If you'd like to see an example, click "more"...
more...
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December 17, 2009
The Fourth Day of Duckmas 2009
Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of year...
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You almost get a bit of a mirror-project element in this one.
And: Excellent use of a modern holiday classic. Bravo!
Posted by: GreyDuck at December 17, 2009 11:42 AM (3q5Q5)
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December 16, 2009
The Third Day of Duckmas 2009
It's Frosty the Snowduck!
Once again, I find myself with more than one picture that I liked for this entry. Click on "more" to take a look...
more...
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You picked the best of the three for the "official" shot, indeed. Very nice!
Posted by: GreyDuck at December 16, 2009 08:31 AM (o5Lvb)
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Coming from you, GD, I'll take that! Thanks!
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 16, 2009 06:16 PM (C32SO)
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Wasn't it supposed to be
three ducks today? Or did I sleep right through it?
Posted by: Siergen at December 16, 2009 07:19 PM (hu1Gq)
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Alas, Siergen, I don't have enough discreet holiday duckies to do an ever-increasing number like that. However, if that's what you're looking for, might I suggest GreyDuck's
Quacked Panes? He, too, is doing a 12 Days of Christmas, but in comic form.
He posted Day 8 today, coincidentally.
Actually, even if that's
not what you're looking for, you should check it out anyway... it's quite good!
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 16, 2009 10:10 PM (C32SO)
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Alas, Siergen, I don't have enough discreet holiday duckies to do an ever-increasing number like that.Wait a minute - are you saying that you are suffering from a "duck shortage"?! This is intolerable - something must be done!
Posted by: Siergen at December 17, 2009 05:18 PM (hu1Gq)
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My! You have really been busy taking all these wintery pictures! I love this one a lot!
Posted by: Digicolleen at December 20, 2009 08:32 PM (8ujY0)
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December 15, 2009
The Second Day of Duckmas
Happy Hanukkah (a few days late)!
I took a lot of pics for this one, and I really couldn't decide which one I liked the best. In the end, I went with the one above, because the stained glass looks nice, but I can't
not post the other one. Click "more" to see it...
more...
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Nice to see a class being held in Adams hall again - even if it does require weather-proof rubber students...
Posted by: vaucanson's duck at December 15, 2009 11:39 AM (XVJDy)
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Now that surprised me, Vauc. I didn't think it'd be recognizable just from those little bits...
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 15, 2009 08:34 PM (C32SO)
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There's not much that dates from 1891 on the Duck U. campus. The arch is a nice spot to sit and eat a sandwich at certain times of year. The perspective on this shot is tricky - could one of the ducks have floated in the lower part of the eight? Is that stone vertical or horizontal?
Posted by: vaucanson's duck at December 16, 2009 10:26 AM (XVJDy)
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It's mostly horizontal, Vauc. There's maybe a 15° angle from top to bottom. Certainly not very steep, but it's there.
And yes, a duck could float in the bottom of the 8, and the top of the 9, for that matter. Maybe even in the top of the 8, if it's a small duck. Might have to try that next time it rains...
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 16, 2009 06:16 PM (C32SO)
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December 14, 2009
The First Day of Duckmas 2009
And we're off!
The traditional beginning of the 12 Days of Duckmas, the "duckie in a fir tree." It's how the first two years began, and I'm not going to break the string now!
Check back every day between now and Christmas for a new entry in the 2009 12 Days of Duckmas!
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