A Walk in the Woods

Due to the jet-lag, Leilani has been waking up at night and taking very long naps. But yesterday, she woke up in time so that she (and Mommy) could go with Opa to walk the dog Lara. Over hill and dale, and through the stream, she really loved the Austrian forest.

Opa (Gerd) taught her to blow dandelion seeds, which she now loves to do. She called them “bubbles” for a while. The first few times, she got her mouth too close and some seeds stuck to her tongue, so she made some funny faces trying to spit them out. When she got frustrated, she just shook the dandelion, and the seeds flew off … just like the bubbles.

After the forest, we went to the duck and “nutria” pond. Nutria are not otters, scientifically they are myocastors, which is Greek for rat beavers, and they are commonly called coypu. They look like muskrats to me and not very cute at all. We came with bread to give them, and Leilani was rather scared when they just slid out of the water and waddled up to her.

Author: Andy

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