Reflection's Week in Revue, the Critters

The gozlings are growing, they are at least twice the size they were at birth.  Here are mom and baby, who still has a bit of yellow around his head, down by the edge of the pond.  Ya, I know, you cannot see the water in this photo.

This cute little guy/gal paid a visit last night, he/she shall remain cute as long as he/she stays out of my flower beds.  He is about 6 foot from the edge of the flower bed, about 10 foot from the window.   I shot this from inside that window.  (I had to do some heavy duty adjusting/tweaking to this photo to get it sharp/in focus.)

And, who says an old dog cannot learn new tricks??  This is Gallagher, aka, Mr. G, sitting on one of my end tables!  He has NEVER done this before.  Maybe the bright late evening sun shining in was more than he could resist??  You can see, he was lying right IN the sun.

*Coming soon, more Iris photos.  My almost black but really a deep purple is starting to bloom, as well as some of the others in the Iris flower bed.

Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

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They Are Back, Spring 2010

Earlier today while out digging in the flower beds, my attention was drawn to the pond.  Geese!  The first appearance, or the first one I have been privy to.  I always enjoy the first appearance, as there always seems be babies, goslings.  I snuck back in the house, bringing the yorkie yappers with me, grabbed that new Sony and went back out, leaving the yorkie yappers inside!

I went over to the flower bed, zoomed and took a few photos.  I was intent on getting a good photo of those goslings, cause they could not be more than a few days old, they still have some yellow showing.  I eventually walked down the hill some trying to get closer without spooking them.  Eventually I decided, to go for broke and walked much closer than I have ever dared before, and yep, they went into the water, where I was able to get several pretty good photos, like this one.

Three goslings, one behind each parent and one in the middle. 

Still a bit yellow.  Guestimate, about 4 inches long when sitting

in the water.  I had the zoom to the max, and was

standing, ohhh, 50 foot away.

*Reminder, clicking on the photo will open it to a larger view, you can see the gozlings even better that way.

Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
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