As much as I anticipate the arrival of the more familiar harbingers of spring, few things can compare to the joy these little fellows bring to my life.
I happened upon them two weeks back as they reveled in the early afternoon dappled light created by the weeping willows that line a small local lake. Fresh from what must surely have been one of their earliest swimming lessons, courtesy of their attentive mother, the five student goslings waddled shakily onto terra firma and to the safety of the grassy verge.
I realized, while captivated by this annual sighting of goslings, that spring was once again in full force. I also grasped the fact that my year had slipped by, all pell-mell and topsy-turvy. Was it really the ides of May already?
These tiny signs of new life remind me that it's time to bring some order to my world and get back to the pleasurable pursuit of blogging on a more regular schedule.
So, here I am. I do hope you'd like to waddle along for the ride as I put finger to keyboard and attempt to chronicle some of life's more pleasant moments...as I see them.
Hope springs eternal.
Photo: Chronica Domus
I happened upon them two weeks back as they reveled in the early afternoon dappled light created by the weeping willows that line a small local lake. Fresh from what must surely have been one of their earliest swimming lessons, courtesy of their attentive mother, the five student goslings waddled shakily onto terra firma and to the safety of the grassy verge.
Mother Goose and her five goslings in training
Photo: Chronica Domus
Photo: Chronica Domus
Photo: Chronica Domus
I realized, while captivated by this annual sighting of goslings, that spring was once again in full force. I also grasped the fact that my year had slipped by, all pell-mell and topsy-turvy. Was it really the ides of May already?
Photo: Chronica Domus
These tiny signs of new life remind me that it's time to bring some order to my world and get back to the pleasurable pursuit of blogging on a more regular schedule.
Photo: Chronica Domus
So, here I am. I do hope you'd like to waddle along for the ride as I put finger to keyboard and attempt to chronicle some of life's more pleasant moments...as I see them.
Hope springs eternal.
Glad to see you back CD, and sorry that you've had such a busy time. It seems it slips away from us all... I can't believe it's mid May already as well! x
ReplyDeleteHello Heidi,
DeleteThank you for the welcome! I'm hoping the remainder of this year remains a little less frantic.
I am glad you are back! Indeed it is May and time keeps ticking on regardless. And yes Hope does indeed spring eternal x
ReplyDeleteHello Naomi,
DeleteThank you. It's very good to be back, at least for now.
It's good to have you back. I have been looking forward to your post! The goslings are so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you, andrew1860. Yes, those delightful downy puffs are indeed cute!
DeleteYes, yes, of course!
ReplyDeleteI'm honored.
DeleteIsn't Spring wonderful. Your photos couldn't have captured it better. Yes, I have been lazy about blogging too and just this morning as I lay in bed, too lazy to get up, thought about cranking it up. I miss the structure it gives my life. Glad to see you back with a very appropriate post!
ReplyDeleteHello lindaraxa,
DeleteI felt extremely privileged to have been close enough to capture the pictured included in this post. Sometimes, those mother geese can get quite snippy with their warning hisses, but not this time, thankfully.
You are so correct when you write that blogging can give structure to one's life. Lazying about is fun, of course, but too much of a good thing is, well, too much sometimes.
Isn't Spring wonderful. Your photos couldn't have captured it better. Yes, I have been lazy about blogging too and just this morning as I lay in bed, too lazy to get up, thought about cranking it up. I miss the structure it gives my life. Glad to see you back with a very appropriate post!
ReplyDeleteHello CD, The little goslings are very cute--they remind me that I don't see enough of nature in Taiwan, but I hope to rectify that soon, as I am returning for my annual trip to Ohio a little early this year.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your next post.
--Jim
Hello Jim,
DeleteI receive so much solace and general joy from Mother Nature that I'd have a hard time if I was unable to enjoy its gifts on a regular basis, either in the garden or out and about. Pleased to hear you'll be returning to Ohio, where I look forward to reading about your adventures there and what you saw. Enjoy your visit.
How lovely to see your light pop on!! And what sweet harbingers of Spring---little downy creatures bespeak warmth and sun and green days ahead, as if their own vulnerabilities knew just how long to wait. The rest of us sturdier-skinned folk can take heart and a breath of the FRESH.
ReplyDeleteStill haven't put out the house-kept plants in pots---it's vagarish from 79 to 28 this flighty Spring, and we're still wary. GREEEEEN all out my back garden, hanging in swags and swoops everywhere, reminiscent of an old TARZAN movie, and I expect every day to hear that familiar yodelly yell through the vines.
DO tell more---I've a special love for those little yellow goslings, and have had watch on quite a few of our own. Whatcha been doin'?
r
Hello racheld,
DeleteThank you for dropping by now that my light is once again "on".
The charming little gosling family is doing well. I spotted them just yesterday and they are significantly bigger than when I last happened upon them two weeks back. Pleased to report they still number five so Mother Goose is doing an excellent job it things.
I've missed your delightful and enlightening posts, CD.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful series of photographs. We spotted a dozen baby Mallard ducks in our local park. There is something so heartwarming about baby ducks.
Happy Spring.
Karen
Hello Karen, and thank you for the welcoming comment.
DeleteI don't think I've seen baby Mallard ducks, although there are plenty of the adult pairs around the lake where I spotted the goslings. Perhaps I'll be lucky enough to see them too one of these years.
Tu me manques! I've missed you.
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup slf, very kind of you to say so.
DeleteI've also missed the interaction with my devoted commenters. It is good to be back.
Glad you are back! The goslings are adorable. We have a lot of geese in Oakville and I love to see them with their little ones in the spring.
ReplyDeleteHello Jen Lawrence, thank you for the welcome back!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the huge number of geese you see in Canada. When they fly south, and directly over my house it seems, we see them by the hundreds. I always enjoy the great spectacle created from the vigorous honking as they fly away in ribbons across the sky.
The perfect post to reinvigorate your blog, CD.
ReplyDeleteHappy springtime.
Spud.
Hello Spud,
DeleteSo pleased you enjoyed the post, and so pleased you are still reading!
Happy springtime to you too (or would that be autumn down there?).
Thank you, CD. It is, indeed, autumn here in Melbourne, Australia. Not that you'd know it. It's been unseasonably mild for weeks so feels more like spring. I expect we'll be in for a rude shock when the weather does turn cold.
DeleteSpud.
Spud, it appears that the entire world is gone topsy-turvy when it comes to how the seasons are performing. Anything goes nowadays it seems. This is the first year of many that I remember our trees and flowers have blossomed and bloomed on time. I think the extra rain from the effects of El Niño has had a lot to do with that.
DeleteEverything's a 'box of fluffies' as my father would say. Glad you are enjoying the changing rhythms of the seasons. Soon you will have lots more flowers to share! We have entered that season of mists and mellow fruitfulness (and penetrating cold!).
ReplyDeleteHello Lord Cowell,
DeleteI do so love your father's "box of fluffies" expression, very sweet!
Funny, but we in the San Francisco Bay Area usually get our mists and fogs during the summer months, the opposite of you I suppose.
What a wonderful expresssion! I am writing it down.....posting it on my "fridge"! "Everything's a box of fluffies"! It certainly is! If your father said that; it means it wasn't yesterday......somehow we have survived......I have no idea how. I am planting that in my head.....to go forward!!! 'EVERYTHING IS A BOX OF FLUFFIES"!!!
DeleteYES!!! ONWARD!!!
Wow, I had no idea the Canada Goose flies so far south in the USA?
ReplyDeleteWe have so many of them here in Ontario, thy re consider a nuisance. Our pond usually has several families return each year. The mess (goose$hi+ doesn't readily disintegrate, so you have to watch where you walk)) and damage they do to the grass is quite surprising. This year we only had one returning pair, plus three goslings hatched last week, so it's not bad.
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Deleteplease give your geese my address......they are welcome here in Southern California!!!
DeleteHello Hermesmerized™ the duchessofH,
DeleteThe lake at which I photographed the goslings is visited by large flocks of geese annually. I am certain their number is nowhere as great as what you experience in Canada.
It is a joy to see them but I do also appreciate the effort required by the full-time groundskeeper to maintain the the lake's footpaths and grassy areas in tiptop condition for their human admirers.