Eight geese were on my lawn when I awoke this morning. They were sitting down sleeping at 7:30 . Now I don't know how close you have ever been to a real live Canada Goose, but having them just six feet away from the window was a thrill. I watched them preen their feathers and cluck to each other, then tried to figure out what made them strut around the area, still very close to the house. They never did see me, but after twenty minutes or so they took to honking, and then left the area, except for one lone goose, who spent the next five minutes honking and walking around looking in all directions. Finally, the lone goose walked into the hay field, and I lost him in the tall grass. Now one pair of Canada geese is a wonderful thing, but eight geese, if they were to stay, would not be pleasing to the farmers or to us. Fortunately, these eight geese took off. Now the real question to ask is why they there on my lawn and did they stay all night? I can not tell the differences between the sexes, so I don't know if they are pairs or not. As they all seemed to be about the same size they could be wending their way south. I loved seeing them, but I was pleased when they took off to parts unknown.
The summer is moving along when you eat the first feed of sweet corn. Today was the day. The corn at the farm is not ready, in fact, Bryan told us yesterday that they have had so little rain that the sweet corn is not looking so good. Last year, when we were over at the Jay's, Ken and I ate a dozen of ears of corn each!! Their corn is wonderful, especially when the corn is freshly picked. But on the way home, on the back roads of Maryland, we saw a farmer selling fresh sweet corn. Needless to say, we ate corn for dinner, but only three each. We have gotten so much wiser in the past year!! The corn was good too, but not as good as the Jays. Next week is a big week for the farm kids. The Bedford Fair opens on Monday, and Wednesday the cattle and the kids will be evaluated. Then the sale takes place on Saturday. The whole community comes out to support the children and buys their cattle, either to eat themselves or to donate the cattle to charity. The kids make the money and the adults give a donation so everyone wins. Farm kids work very hard, but having a part time job is impossible, so the money the kids earn from the sale of their cattle makes up for not having an after school job. Anyway, the Fair is fun, and we fill our freezer with beef, enough to last the whole year.
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Be happy the geese have left. They are the messiest birds ever. We were on a harbour cruise on Thursday and there were several geese around. You had to be very careful where you walked for the mess.
Dave.
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