D is for Daffodils, Dogs, and Ducks

Alright, I admit it - I am a little addicted to alliteration!* That is, I love the sound of a string of words starting with the same letter or sound. So, on this delightful day - damp, but with spring about to slip into sight (oh, that was a bad one!) -  I couldn't resist the opportunity for another fix with today's post title.

D is for Daffodil 

Last week I completed ten days of hard labour - picking, bunching  and selling daffodils and jonquils on a roadside stall.

 I did it for our neighbours while they were away on holiday (thankfully they are home again now), and these pics celebrate my last day of bunching.

It was satisfying work, especially when the honesty box was honestly filled with coins by my customers (or IOUs left). I have to say, though, that if I doubted the doctrine of the depravity of man beforehand, this experience confirmed its truth. So disappointing it was to have many bunches taken without payment, but on the bright side it could have been worse - most did pay. So all in all, being a flower lady for a short time was a bit of fun.

D is for Dog 

I don't know why it's taken me so long to make a dog, but Digger insisted on being born, so here he is. He is a busy little chap, and longs to be out, digging for bones or other archeological treasures.

D is also for Duck

Dennis the Dancing Duck is the result of a lifelong affection for ducks and especially a song my brother Jon Robinson recently wrote, called The Dancing Duck. I'd love to share the song here, but don't know how to upload it. However, if you would like to hear it I'd be glad to email it to you on request.

Dennis and Digger are great mates, and in my next post I will tell you the tale of these two intrepid excavators.

*Note:  alliteration |is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.