There's an ever-changing cast of characters here at the lake, the ducks of course, and egrets and herons and tiny snub-nosed birds who bob along in gangs but whose names I don't know yet. And last Friday, just before that crazy rain came by, these two geese.

They weren't afraid, not even of Maisie:

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They just strolled and swam:

And, bored with the paparazzi action, one of them took a quick nap.