How do you spell tranquility?
Quack!
How about a cabin on a lake, with ducklings…….
wait up, quit quacking around,
and of course Canadian goslings…..it’s Canada after all!
What could possibly be more calming,
than a peaceful lake,
with paddling ducks,
on a sunny day,
in Canada?
Cheers to you from all the Canadian quackers!
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Cute little quackers!
Pretty irresistable aren’t they! Loving your posts as always Sheri. Cheers & hope all is well~
Ah…so lovely.
The essence of calm for me. Thanks much~
Can we all say “awwwwwe….”
Oh yah!!! I sure do! 🙂
Awesome, Cindy! If you have a chance, please check out my latest post; it too has Canada Geese and goslings in CHICAGO! 🙂 cher xo
On my way….are you getting homesick?????
YES! Thanks, Cindy! *LOL* 😉
No problem! Your family in Canada will thank me! 😉
Ooooh, these little ducks. Tranquil, indeed! On a sunny day, in Canada is heavenly.
It is ridiculous how cute little ducks and geese are isn’t it!!
They are so cute!
I would spell “Therapeutic” watching and being in at the place like this 🙂
Oh exactly a natural soporific!!
Beautiful and i love your captions
Awwww so kind!
What a great capture! they are here every where but so is spring so no complaints :p
Yep spring and ducklings go together like errrrr….. ducks to water!!! 😉
hehe that’s true! 😀
Love these furry babies!! You did a great job photographing the family!
It is so hard to resist trying to touch them, but mama won’t let me!
Adorable. We have a few families of Canada geese at our lake but no ducklings have made an appearance yet. So I’m glad you shared “yours”.
Yours, mine and ours!!! These guys are wild. We don’t have Canadian geese in San Diego and I think they are quite regal~
Oh Cindy I love those goslings, they are so pretty.
Aren’t they just the best! Cuteness overload~
Ooh, they’re adorable! They’re like little balls of fluff at that age. And their mom and dad look so proud of them, too. Lovely pictures, as always, Cindy!
Impossibly adorable and your right, the parents seem to know it!!
Gorgeous little dears…and what a setting!
Just pure peace and tranquility~
Great photos. Reminds me of the days when we had ducks and geese. One time a dog killed our mama duck, so we stuck her eggs under a chicken that was sitting on eggs that weren’t fertile. The chicken watched out for the ducklings like they were here own, but the first time the ducklings got in the water when we irrigated, the chicken about had heart failure, and ran back and forth along the edge of the water clucking and flapping at her wayward ducklings.
Oh my! Chuckling….poor chicken. My kids had two ducks. They would fly back home every spring and my neighbor would call me when they arrived in her swimming pool!
Wow. What a landscape there!
Pretty idyllic isn’t it!
Was going to ask you if you just wanted to house swap for a few days, but then I thought, well, a few days would only make me want it more!
So soothing. Have you been tempted to join in for a swim?
Nooooo the water is chillllllyyyyyy!!!!
😀
lovely post Cindy
Muchas gracias mi amiga!
I was just rescuing one of my goslings 🙂
he has a hard time getting out of the pool, so I let the water run over and I put a
piece of awning for a slide and swoosh down he goes ….( they aren’t mine
they showed up several years ago to help me with weeds…andthey stayed )
Your photos are WONDERFUL, and I wish I had a lake…
Thank you for sharing, they make me smile
Take Care…You Matter…
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maryrose
Oh what photos that would make! I wish I was there! 😉
I think I had a couple turn out I will do a post this week if I finish my gardens…
Thank you Cindy…
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Oh very much looking forward to seeing them!
Oh, I want them all in a pond in my back yard!
They are soooo cute;). I love watching the little goslings as they follow their parents. It is the sweetest thing.
Yes and I love the clumsy way they walk on land. Pigeon toed or should I say duck toed?
What a beautiful lake!
LIttle cuties. I am looking for some in our area. I see geese making nests, but no goslings yet.
So wonderful especially when you see them first hatched!
Looks very serene 🙂
Quite still and calm so the lake reflected like a perfect mirror!
Great series Cindy, ducklings are the best (we had them growing up). The third shot of yours is brilliant, really like the serene and happy ambiance.
Adjectives for ducklings are inadequate. It is so fun when they imprint on a human as you probably experienced as a child. I think that’s a Japanese Maple in the third shot? It added so much color reflected in the lake.
I think you are right…we have some at my hometown ~ my parents love them!
Gorgeous! Your Canadian holiday looks fabulous! Best to you! _hugz
I can see you in one of those chairs by the lake right now Resa, watching the day pass by! As a matter of fact, I wish you and your husband were there right now! Hugz to you my friend~
Such an eye you have!
Thank you Gary & so do you I must add!
Cindy this is so wonderful. I worked once where I did security and had to do “rounds” and where my upper level was, I could see the geese protecting their “babies.” I got to watch them grow, and teach the babies how to fly a true experience I’ll adore forever. This is what your photo’s remind me of. Jackie 🙂
Oh how wonderful and I am glad these photos triggered such happy memories for you! Sounds like a significant job perk!!! 😉
That’s what I call serene! Love the ambiance! 🙂
By the way, where’s the ugly duckling? 😀
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such! Have you??
Thanks Cindy. After the long, and as yet unfunished unpacking glares unforgivingly at me as I lie in bed (oh yes, dond too much of course) , I finslly have a connection, yours was the first post I received
I think I need ed the beauty and the trsnquility of the scenery snd the innocent joy of the ducklings I may not feel any better but I feel at peace.
Blessings Susan 💖
This comment couldn’t please me more and you describe it so beautifully, “the innocent joy of the ducklings!” This is it precisely. I am so happy they bring you the same sense of peace they do for me. Cheers to you my friend~
To answer your question, Cindy: nothing.
I am seeing you on the Sunshine Coast, watching the bald eagles, during the shoulder season with the place to yourself……
Absolutely IRRESISTIBLE 🙂
And what a wonderful and peaceful place!
Take care dear Cindy, & have a nice week
♥
(Now I’m able to make hearts like you 🙂
Frédéric
Hearts are always good!! You too Frederic, the best of weeks to you! <3 <3
lovely reflections
There is something about reflections that entrances me. So happy you like them and cheers to you!
Transport me! Beautiful, Cindy…as always!
As is what you do everyday my friend! Truly beautiful in the best way~
Lovely photos!
Awww honored! Grazi~
Pretty awesome, eh?
I love your new gravatar image!! Lovely & thank you!
Cindy, what a beautiful and serene place. Love the ducklings. Thanks for sharing! Hugs! Veraiconica
We all need serenity these days don’t we Veraiconica!! Cheers & thank you~
Cindy, we surely do. Hugs! Veraiconica
They quack me up
Quack away! It’s good for you and me too~ 😉
Awesome! What a beautiful lake and such lovely babies! Wolfe howls greetings to all the Canadian Quakers! 🙂
I think Wolfie could find some wolfie buddies up here in Canada. He could bring you home a friend!!! Cheers & so good to hear from you!
What a lovely cabin on a lake. We’ve Canada geese a’plenty in the spring and summer, here in Ottawa. A lovely theme for a photography post, Cindy, and so well timed, too.
Spring has sprung in Canada…..I have never been to Ottawa but I hope spring is springing there as well as I know your winter was hard! Cheers to you give you geese some quacks for me~
Looks so serene. I have to ask, are there bugs?
Not a one! I have never been bothered by bugs in Canada now that you mention it, but I am not usually here in the middle of summer. Even in Alaska I only encountered bugs on one river out of five trips. I was however substantially bugged by bugs in The Amazon!!!
Well then, I’ll definitely have to go!
🙂
Looks like it might be north, on the west coast maybe? Too beautiful – thanks for being such a Canadian fan and showing off our beauty. Your pics are truly idyllic.
It is on the Schelt Inlet (which I am sure I just mispelled!) It is impossible to not fall in love with Canada and Canadians too like you!! 😉
Charming does not quite cover it… “Exquisitely” charming maybe…….
Laughing……that completely works for me Dor! <3
Cor, luv a duck misses. How lovely. I hope you are enjoying it all. I am
with envy. 😀
I bought my husband a t-shirt with a quacking duck on it that says, “Shut the Duck Up!”
I asked him to only wear it at home. Of course he wears it everywhere. People stop him and ask, “What duck?”
😉
COL (chuckle out loud) 😀
Duckies, duckies! So adorable <3 and such beautiful photos as always.
I had the good fortune to snap some simple photos of baby geese today…hope to share them on my site soon 😀 🙂
Oh yay, can’t wait to see them! Your photos are divine~
You’re too generous! Thank you for your kind words 😀 I’ll be sure to let you know once they’re up on my blog. Wish you a lovely week!
Wunderschöne Bilder liebe Grüße von mir Wünsche eine glückliche neue Woche.Grüße lieb und Freundschaft.Gislinde
Sie sind so freundlich! Ich liebe deinen Blog und danken Ihnen fur Ihre Freundschaft! Danke Gislinde! <3 <3
Hello Cindy and lovely to “meet” you. Your photographs are just wonderful!! Looking forward to enjoying many more. Thank you.
Welcome and so happy you enjoyed them. Love your blog also! Cheeers to you~
Cindy, thanks for sharing your cabin on a lake so that i can vicariously enjoy the peace and joy of the baby ducklngs. 🙂
Vicarious enjoyment always works for me as well!!! That is why I love reading blogs~
🙂
Cute!
<3
Who ‘s a Lucky Duck then!
Thanks for sharing and enriching our dreaming …
Yep these cute little quackers are lucky duckies~
Looks like a tranquil place to settle for rest and relaxation, Cindy! Those photos are amazing! the first one, with the reflection captured my attention! I love the little Canadian goslings, soo cute!!
Thanks for noticing the first foto! I was surprised by the reflected rock and the strange effect. Cheers my friend and thanks for stopping by~