Oh, Duck / by Courtney Mehlhaff

Last year, I wrote about how distraught I was to see a mother duck lead her ten chicks across the parking lot of my apartment building, mainly because it meant I'd need to watch out for them all summer long.

This year, I'd hoped to avoid the responsibility of worrying about yet another family. So you can imagine my consternation when I walked outside last week and saw this:

Dammit.