watching the goslings grow up....

we have a pond (called the duck pond) in town.  every year, the canada geese breed.  it is fascinating to me as the canada geese mate for life.  when the goslings are born there is a tremendous sense of community in the flock.

when the goslings first appear, they are little yellow blobs of fluff.  as they grow, they start to look like grey fuzzy rats with long necks and they are the clumsiest creatures imaginable.  and the size of the grey toddler becomes larger as they mature... and little by little the clumsiness changes to the grace of their parents.  

i saw one family that i have been watching since they hatched earlier this spring.  the grey fuzzy children now look like real geese.  their feathers have filled in.  these geese are not as big as their parents and are still protected by the community to which they belong.

it reminds me of learning new things... 

and how we grow and change and become more graceful...

and well, it is cool to watch the progression of life.