A Hundred-Yard Walk

Annalee and I like to watch Barton Creek, just below the pool, on our trips to Zilker Park. The rapids are meditative, and there is a surprising nature vibe for someplace in the middle of a city. Today, we heard some geese honking and meandered a hundred yards closer to where they were paddling around in a quieter patch of creek. There were several large white geese with black beeks that covered half their faces, one swan, and a handful of ducks. Annalee, reasonably enough, referred to them all, collectively, as "ducks." She honked back at them a number of times, safely perched in my arms, and took in the scene with bright eyes and a look of humorous wonder on her mouth. It was worth the hundred-yard walk.