up close and personal...

I wrote a long post about the goings on here at the moment

and got myself all fired up and very very verbose

as is my way

and thank goodness

for you!!!

the cat came in and insisted that she needed to be fed

and fed

NOW....

so I got up and fed her majesty

and while I was in the kitchen

I made myself a cup of tea

the lake is frozen in spots

and there are a lot of ducks and geese on it

all afternoon flocks of them have been flying in

and each time they do I grab the camera and

miss the whole flight in and landing on the ice

they are very loud and sound so mournful

I have lamented to the hubs on many an occasion

how I would love to catch them in flight

and he says

you will

one day

well people's

today was the day

I hurried outside while looking to put the camera on some sort of zoom lens

and found something called digital zoom and just clicked it

tea forgotten

no shoes or coat

off I flew

and saw the one we call

HONKER

next door

he hissed a hello

and I told him not to be so rude

and walked down to the back

how he got there so fast I don't know

but there he is with his mate/friend/sibling

and the

Canada Geese too

then I heard the noise above

and there they were

over my head

and do they move fast

honking honking honking

always

egging each other on

supporting the group to make it down for the night

where they will be safe and able to rest

until they have to move on

the sun is setting

and it is so pretty

I love it at this time of day

with the sky mirrored in the water

Honker wanted to know what I was doing

so close and personal

and then he just ignored me

they are eating the grass and maybe some bugs in the leaf litter

this lot look a little lost and forlorn

and maybe their feet are cold

I know mine were

but I tried my best for you

to get a little closer

and show you

my little creatures on the lake

I am still fired up and so fed up with human behaviour

but

as always

my little sweet ones 

 make me smile and feel better

I'll put a few more up in another post

these took an age to load

so there you are

peace and community

working

even if for just a  little while