Spotted yesterday at Studley Royal: new life – burgeoning; the devoted parents moving forward – often – to protect their young by hissing threateningly at passers by who paused to admire the new babies; renewing and reconstructing the bloodline.
Yes, Becky’s Squares photo challenge has returned – hooray! The only rule is that the image chosen has to be square. This month’s theme is Renew. Or Burgeoning. Or Moving Forward. Or Reconstructing. You get the idea. So here is my first offering.

The photos is also my Last on the Card for Brian. It has of course been doctored to form a perfect square. This is against the rules. But Brian knows I invariably break the rules.
‘Against the rules hisses’ Mother Goose 🪿 they are ever so cute together
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But they definitely don’t think humans are cute!
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Well, I think you hit all the targets there! They are very cute, Mum less so.
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Adult geese are never cute I think. They have only recently moved to our village, and terrorise all the other ducks and moorhens. Not pleased.
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That’s a shame. Interlopers!
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Fabulous, I bet you were moving forward quickly when they started hissing! And rules are there to be broken, well apart from the square one of course 😉
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So, so cute and fluffy
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That’s for now. You should see what a fortnight/month/six weeks will do 😉
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Please post again
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Becky has a wonderful way of breathing new life into blogging. I love that word burgeoning. Now if I could just pronounce it. 🙂
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She’s a ✨ isn’t she? And by now, you’ll have found about all about burgeoning!
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Indeed she is and indeed I have! 🙂
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They’re very sweet but best viewed at a distance!
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Oh definitely. They’re fearsome parents.
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How dare you…you human interloper you!!!
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Listen. This lake is man-made. Where would you be without it. Hmm?
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Malham Tarn is nice at this time of year!
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A bit far… Oh no, hang on. Greylags can fly thousands of miles when migrating. What’s 35 miles compared with that?
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I shall open a Greylag Touring Company immediately!
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So cute!
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Burgeoning is such a lovely word! And those goslings look as if they are thriving, but Geese can be messy creatures to have around – slippery slidey… all fall down.
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The mess they make in the village has to be experienced to be believed.
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The perfect choice of subject for Becky’s theme – I’m sure Brian will forgive some ‘doctoring’ just this once!
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He’s not said …
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He will!
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Oh what a beast. I bet you ran in your best lady like manner.
Thanks for joining in Margaret 😀
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Nope. I faced them down. They gave up first. Because, I think, they could see I wasn’t a mass murderer of goslings.
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They’re so sweet, though I’m guessing not when one gets too close!
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Quite. That hiss is quite something.
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Great images Margaret. You are right about the adults when they are protecting their goslings. We have a pond in our community and every year it’s difficult for us to walk our dogs around it because of the Canadian geese. And when the babies are large enough, the families get together and walk up and down roads, blocking traffic.
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You must live in our village! It’s just the same with us here.
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Perfectly captured and perfectly squared. Protective parent in full flow.
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Protective indeed. Perfect parents, but less perfect members of village society.
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The little ones are cute😃
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The grown-ups? Not so much.
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Wonderful duck families 😀
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Ah yes – geese actually , but who cares? 😉
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Oh my, they are so cute 🥰
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Cute babies … less cute parents. But vigilant ones!
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I have a large flock of ducks to contend with where I walk each morning. I’m glad they’re not geese 🤣🤣🤣
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They’re a bit gobby as a species, aren’t they, but the younglings are very lovable.
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Gobby. Love it Jo. Spot on!
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So lovely! And yes, rules are meant to be broken.
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Glad you agree. And … thanks.
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Geese are very protective parents!
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They are. And they have no manners. Or toilet training.
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Yes, the lack of toilet training makes walking around lakes a hazard.
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so cute 🙂
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Cute babies. Less cute adults,
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Wonderful!
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Rules are for breaking 😉
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The Goslings are so fluffy & gorgeous, but not to be messed with while Mum & Dad are around.
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Definitely not! Fiercely protective parents!
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