[Tweeters] 86 Ducks, a couple of Loons, and an Owl

[Lynn Wohlers]

Greetings from across the water, Jeff. I never met you but feel I know you.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful missives, and thanks to your mom
for raising you well.

Take care!

Lynn
Fidalgo Island

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 1:42 PM <dgrainger at birdsbydave.com> wrote:


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> Pat and I send our condolences, Jeff; it is a hard time to experience.

> We hope that you are doing well and that you will keep on writing; we

> enjoy your posts.

> Dave and Pat Grainger, Port Townsend.

> ______________________________________________________

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> On 2021-02-27 11:38, Jeff Gibson wrote:

> > My dear ol’ Ma passed away yesterday at the age of 92 after years of

> > suffering from dementia. Dad passed a couple of years ago, also  with

> > dementia. I’ve been here since 2014 and what a long strange trip it has

> > been.

> >

> > This morning in a house empty of anyone except me and the cat, I took

> > the time to honor Mom by counting ducks.

> >

> > You see, my Mom was kind of a duck freak. It all started back in the

> > later 60’s on a stop at the Rocky Reach Dam gift shop, which was

> > inhabited by these cute little pine carved ducks. All these ducks ( a

> > Mom and a Dad and 7 babies) are lined up on a shelf above the

> > stairwell, picked up on trips to our vacation spot over several years

> > in Conconully .

> >

> > It’s a fact that just about any horizontal surface in this house is

> > covered with ducks - wooden, ceramic ,stone, glass, mystery substance,

> > whatever. My count was 86 ducks. Other birds include 3 loons, and one

> > owl that I sculpted out of limestone found in a creek near Baker

> > “lake”.

> >

> > Mom also went through a wood carving phase of relief work featuring

> >  birds and plants in the mid 80’s , and previous to that  abstract

> > bird sculptures in driftwood - my favorites.

> >

> > I probably missed a few ducks in my count but you can’t take your

> > ducks when you go.

> >

> > Jeff Gibson

> > Missing Mom in

> > Port Townsend Wa

> >

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