Mama Maneuvers

 

It was just to be a small walk around our complex.

My knee has decided it’s had quite enough of pickleball for now, thank you very much, and so I’m trying to strike a balance between growing roots into the recliner (elevate the leg!) and pushing myself farther than I should.

          Halfway done, I was approaching an area bordering one of our ponds.

A moorhen was partway up the grassy bank and further down I could see the movement of something small. As I grew closer, the moorhen came up the bank and walked right up toward me and then I saw why.

     

     She was trying to distract me from the tiny miniature version of her by the water.

          I moved away so they could get on with their day.