The Ugly Rubber Duckling

Lordy Lordy Quack Quack Quuuuaaaack!

It's been a while for this rubber ducky to write some duck thoughts.

My new CD is about to be released in Europe! Imagine that! A quacking rubber duck that has it's own CD !

Well, I've got some more rubber ducks to put in a row--- so it's Quack time for now!

Quack Quack!

NormaDucky

Woa be doh!

Winter is here. Brrrr...

Time to get out my ducky winter clothes! I need a new hat, but I'm having problems finding them in rubber duck sizes. How ducky, this rubber duck is going shopping! Ducky!

I was talking with a friend the other day who told me that in some parts of the world there are stores that have signs prohibiting ducks from shopping. "No Rubber Ducks Allowed" hanging outside various merchants. Can you imagine that? I can't. I guess there's parts of the world where rubber ducks just are not appreciated. Where people think that levity and humor are bad and should be prohibited. Scroogeville.

Thank heavens I've never lived in an area where they discriminate against rubber ducks... that would not be very ducky at all!

So.. off to go shopping... perhaps some holiday gifts might come home with me too...

Quack quack!
NormaDucky

Whoa Be Doh!

What a whirlwind the past two months have been!

The life of a ducky--- Rubber ducks often have interesting lives, sometimes all is ducky, other times it's more like a frog (froggy). I guess you could say my ducky life turned froggy for a while.

I went to the rubber duck doctor for my usual checkup. He thought I needed to take a stress test, so I got on the river paddler machine (the rubber duck equivalent of a treadmil for you land lovers) and paddled away. I thought I was paddling to my hearts content, but all was not ducky--- my heart wasn't content and the next thing I knew they were wheeling me to the operating room.

It appears there's been too much rubber in my diet and that's not very ducky. For rubber ducks, when the food is easy to eat it often makes them hard inside-- ultimately leading to spotted quack disease. It's too complicated to go into the details of spotted quack, but let me tell you, it sounds scary.

So, I had a thorough cleaning out inside and now am on a reduced-rubber diet. Oh well. My days of quacking to my hearts content at a pile of rubber ducklings are gone-- or at least not routine any more.

With luck, I"ll be back to 100% rubber ducky soon and able to complete my CD--- hopefully in time for this years Christmas season!

More later...

Have a quacker,

Norma

What a blazing few months!

I'm finally back in the US of Aye and getting some needed rest.

I've been on tour in Europe and Asia as my new CD was released over there first.

What a few months is has been. I've seen so many interesting places, places that don't normally let rubber ducks into. I was very ducky knowing that the album was done and my rubber duck friends were pleased with how it came out.

Now to get my quacker to relax a bit. A rubber duck has to take care of it's quacker-- or it's destined to be a silent ducky in it's latter days.

Have a ducky day,

Norma

Ol man winter--- go away!! go away NOW!

There's nothing worse for a rubber ducks quacker than the springtime temperature fluctuations. When it's dry in the winter, I keep my quacker moist with a daily sardine or two (mustard oil is the best), and in summer, there are enough crickets-- fat with juice-- to keep the quacking loud and strong. But this time of year, Golly--- it's hard to know what to do! Fly north where the crickets are good, or south for more sardines....

Well, I feel like going down to the dance hall and lining up with the other rubber ducks of the row...

Quack ya later....

NormaDucky

Quaaaaaaccckkkk!

Oh, my webbing is itching to get outside and meet the ocean again! The nicer weather affects rubber ducks just as it does humans--- spring fever!

My recording work is done for a few months, I have a deal where studio time is on an 'as available' basis--- I pay less than most, but don't get to pick and choose when I can quack for the tape...

I'm just about done with my work for the new rubber duck game at Rubber Duck Land. That's going to be quite a lot of ducky fun when it's finally done. I've got a contract to make three games to start with, with options for more later on. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished game sometime in April.

Oh, here comes the ice cream man--- gotta run.

Have a quacker!

NormaDuck

Woa be doh!

You wouldn't believe how wonderful a fresh new quacker can feel!

After a few weeks of straining, I decided it was time for this rubber ducky to take a few days and catch the last days of the skiing season out west.

It's quite amazing the looks people give when they see a rubber duck heading down the slopes... You'd think they've never seen skiing ducks before!

Oh well. Time to soak my feet--- those ski bindings are rough on the webs.

NormaDucky