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| IMAGE CREDIT |
It's The Sixth Day of Christmas, the day (according to a song) when someones's true love gave to them six geese a laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. In honor of Christmas's Sixth Day, I've posted an illustration of geese a laying atop this entry.
Re the reference to these birds in the song, a web-page (12 Birds of Christmas) has this to say: "The important element is the "a-laying" part. The Egg represents the birth, creation and new life. And what about the number Six? Because of the shape of the number, which is a continuous, spiraling curve without angle, it too represents the cycle of life. Geese, when they aren't a-laying, are birds of the Air, an element that includes the sky and the heavens."
As you can see, geese a laying are certainly the theme of the illustration that I've included here; as for me, over the many times that I've seen geese (the Canadian variety) in Central Park, they certainly haven't been a laying.
This is evident in the following set of photographs which I took while walking with MLT (the other week) in Central Park.
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| CANADIAN GEESE ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
But surely the Canadian geese must've been a laying at some point or these precious gosling (pictured below) would not exist!
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| GOSLINGS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
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| GOSLINGS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 2 |
By the way, Canadian geese and their goslings are featured in the second volume of my book series, Words In Our Beak. These books make a perfect gift to give your true love during these Twelve Days of Christmas and beyond. Here is the purchase info for the series:
Volume One: ISBN: 9780996378529 (SEE PRESS RELEASE)
Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2AFZDCz
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2zxVujM
Barnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2AAnB26
book culture On Columbus (a bookstore on the UWS in NYC): http://bit.ly/2FsC1Uf
Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2q75g8e
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DY0mz0
Barnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2G65m6H
Volume Three: ISBN: 978099637853 (SEE PRESS RELEASE)
Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2IzH2iu
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2IYkmpABarnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2vedQot
EACH OF THESE BOOKS CAN BE ORDERED FROM ANY PLACE SELLING BOOKS BY GIVING THEM THE TITLE, OR ISBN, OR MY NAME, PATRICIA YOUNGQUIST.
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| THE WORDS IN OUR BEAK BOOK SERIES |
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