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Saturday, February 20, 2021

Our first walk in a week!

 Good afternoon dear Blogger friends. After the heavy rains in the first two weeks of February, it was impossible for me to walk along the farm roads. Skabby would have been fine but he needs me with him. 

Great excitement at 7am today: We went out for our first walk since last Saturday. 

Skabby elated that we're on the road again! 
We passed two little boys who had brought "skaftin" : lunchbox for their mom who works in the diary 

As we approached the dam, I told Skabby heel. I didn't want him plunging in as he always does because there was a family of Egytptian geese swimming at the far end (My dog is very obedient; he bounded off to the other side of the road to sniff at exciting things in the long grass while Mum took photos) 


Father goose (gander) at the rear watching for danger; Mother goose ahead and the seven goslings swimming ahead of their parents 
I zoomed in on one adventurous gosling. He had to swim upstream! 

When I saw the parents guiding their offspring towards the reeds,  I called Skabby who dived into the dam on the near side. They didn't even notice him! 


I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen, here


HAPPY SATURDAY TO YOU ALL! 
 




13 comments:

  1. Hello Jo,
    I am happy you and Skabby were able to get out for a walk. The family of Egyptian Geese is a lovely sighting. The Goslings are just adorable. Wonderful set of photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, wishing you a happy weekend!

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  2. Beau is like Skabby Big and gentle and oh so biddable.. glad the two of you could get out for your walk, and this is my first ever viewing of Egyptian Gees, they even LOOK Egytian. those eyes I think

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  3. There's nothing cuter than baby geese! How precious and how great to get outside and walk! Happy weekend!

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  4. That looks like a WONDERFUL walk - for you and for Skabby.

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  5. Sweet family of geese.!
    It's good to read how obedient your dog is!

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  6. What a cute little family of geese and Skabby was a good boy who delayed his swim for a bit. Everyone had a great morning. Have a good weekend, Jo.

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  7. The geese are quite a sight to see.

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  8. How nice to get out for a walk. Those goslings are so cute

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  9. The goose family is adorable and I admire how Skabby is obedient.

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  10. Lovely that you know can get out for a walk again and great to see the family of geese Jon.

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  11. Gosh isn't Skabby a good boy Jo The Egyptian geese are beautiful, the babies adorably fluffy 💙

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  12. Very nice photos of the geese, but I just love seeing a happy dog out for a walk! Cheers Skabby! :)

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  13. So good to get out and especially to see the geese.

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