--- In [email protected], Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More on those geese we saw today...They really are called Nile Geese.. they were imported from Egypt as a decorative bird and have now spread in Holland so that according to one site there are 1000 breeding pairs.. We saw quite a few of the lovely creatures today so I guess we can consider ourselves blessed, but on the other hand I didn't win the New Year's lottery here.. > > The Nile goose was sacred to the god Amen.. an interesting link.. > > http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/egypt_animals.html > > Cheers from Sam
thanks sam. do you have both cranes and storks there? or are those terms interchangable? my dad loved to watch the sandhill cranes "dance". we would go watch them almost every morning in the fall as they migrate thru here on their way south. it was one of his great joys. at the funeral during the service ... thinking about the transitory nature of life ... these words popped into my mind ... and i quickly added them to the ending of my eulogy: ~~~ free of attachments ... autumn leaves return to earth. cranes dancing in the fields! ~~~ just as i finished reading it ... suddenly we could hear cranes flying over ... calling and rattling as they do. they were also in a formation ... but rather ragged ... five of them with a gap in one of the "vees". we had just done a military salute to dad ... as he was a ww2 vet who flew in B24's in 1944. and now here were his beloved cranes ... flying in formantion with a space for the missing wingman. well ... you should have seen the tears AND smiles!!! seemed a fitting way to put him to rest. i love cranes even more now. ;) peace friends. may we all soar. -ts- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> It is better to give.... Especially when giving to a child in poverty. Click here to meet a child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/uq3f6C/hJlJAA/i1hLAA/wDkolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HolyGeek/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
