Passing the swimming pool with first one dog, then the other (the housemate had a medical appointment), I noticed a pair of mallards sleeping on the line of floats marking off the deep end, like extra floats. When I returned with the second dog and the camera, they'd moved into the lee of the ladder.

( On the way back, I photographed some early spring blossoms. )

( On the way back, I photographed some early spring blossoms. )