Feeding the ducks.

One of our favourite things to do (although we haven't been for a while) is to feed the ducks at Ferndale nursery. Now the "ducks" are actually geese and there is a whole lot more to do than just "feed the ducks" but that's what the outing is called "feed the ducks"!

There is a rhythm to this outing and here is pretty much what has to happen every time.

First we say "hello" to all the small birds, some ducks and sometimes bunnies in the first set of cages. Then it's off to see the 2 pot belly pigs "Peanut" and "Butter". Not the friendliest of pigs but they are cute to watch, one has grown tusks since we saw him last.

Then it's off to the pond to feed the ever-hungry but very well fed geese. They do make quite a racket and are very greedy!
The bread does not always make it to the geese! (Even when it has green mould growing on it!!)

Then it's off to the playground. Abigail just loves the little wooden houses that they have built in the "forest", they are like the little houses from the story of "The 3 Little Pigs".

Over the bridge, through the bamboo forest and out the other side! (We do this a few times!)There is also playground equipment, swings, a slide, climbing frame and an old tractor.

Another of Abigail's favourites is The Maze. We have been taking Abigail to Ferndale since she was 1 and when we first started the "walls" of the maze were about the same height as she was at the time if not lower and not yet hedges as the trees had not grown into each other yet. Now the maze is much higher, it seems to have grown with her. They spent a lot of time in there getting lost and found and lost and found!


Then it's off to see the fish, there is a pond as well as tanks of koi (some at R250.00 a pop!). Some of them are still quite small and Abigail asked if we could buy 1 to put into her old fish tank.

Just after I'd finished explaining that these were actually koi and grow much bigger than a goldfish, we came upon this fellow!
"Cape Town's biggest goldfish, Not for sale"!!

Then it's time to start making our way back to the car, but not before we pop in to the little playhouse.

When we first started going Abigail could just see over the window in the door, now she has to duck to get through!

At this point we usually buy some packets of chips as an incentive (read bribe!) to get into the car! But since we were on our way to Pick 'n Pay and would be needing an incentive to stay in the trolley, we skipped that part!!

And you thought they only sold plants at a nursery!!

And since we've had an "inexpensive outing" theme going, here's how much this one cost: R0,00!