Visiting the ducks at the pond

 There is a pond in a neighborhood in Reno that the ducks gather in very large amounts. 

 Here are geese and mallards and every now and then you can see seagulls 

And here we are! Mandy was a little afraid of the geese I think because they honked loudly, We came here to show her what birds are like up close, she smiled alot and pointed at the different little birds that would come up looking for food. There were signs up asking you not to feed the birds so the bread we brought stayed inside the car. Here Mandy has on a small bonnet because she is suffering from ear infections all the time and so I would keep them covered up to keep dirt out of them. In Reno the wind is constantly blowing and the sand, dirt and grit fly's around in the air. I can remember when the wind was so bad that your eyes would become filled with small particles and made it very difficult to see. Sometimes when we went out into a bluster day Mandy would get stuff in her eyes and poor thing would cry, I tried to keep her head covered as much as possible in between the walk from the house to the car and so on. We made it a game and she would laugh when I would run carrying her.