Duckfish (176/365)

Fish out of Water (37/365)

For today's project, I made two adult and four baby origami goldfish out of standard printer paper, painted them and even applied "roly-poly" eyes.  I'm quite proud of my crafty accomplishments!  However, when it came to picturing the little family of fish, I did not factor in the wind that was blowing through Richmond today.  As a result, one of the adult fish became a casualty - he blew into Fountain Lake...

After the loss of the one fish, I was more careful as I lined up the rest of the family for their photo shoot.  However, I have to admit, I cheated a bit and put a thumbtack in the back end of each one in order to help keep them under control.  If you look closely, you can see the little, lost fish floating in the water behind the group in these shots...

And, not to be left out, Fountain Lake's ducks were very curious about the new addition to the pond...

Quack! (12/365)

So, Ralph made a friend.  This lovely duck resides at Byrd Park and I enjoyed taking shots of him for about an hour the other day.  He got so used to me being there that he allowed me to approach within less than a foot of him.  He really was a unique character, with red blotchy things all around his eyes and bill.  One friend described it as looking as if he had gooseberry cereal all over his face.  Since he was such a unique and beautiful duck, I decided to see if I could get him to let me back in his world long enough for a shot with Ralph and he did.  This is the result.

And here is a close-up of the duck, sans Ralph...

Duck....Duck....Goose... (11/365)

Byrd Park

Richmond, VA