I went for a long walk this morning. My plan was to stop at each mile and do a drawing of whatever showed up to be drawn, take a little break. But then I missed the signal on Map My Walk when the first two miles were up, so I didn't do any drawing until I checked and saw I had gone 2.5 miles without a break. It was beautiful along the river, and at the 2.5 mile place there was a silent group of ducks busily grooming themselves while floating in the water. A large tree was down and crossing the river just upstream, and the water was very smooth and unruffled in the ducky place. I threw out my plan and drew ducks in all their grooming attitudes. These ducks were mostly white. It was so quiet I could hear the soft splashy noises they would make from time to time. To clear up my eyes I drew the smallest interesting things I could find nearby: a leaf hopper on a spike stem of river cane and some shriveled up berries.
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