I'd like to be a Canada Goose!<P>For the last three days I have had the opportunity to watch the most fabulous pageant right outside my kitchen window. It is so miraculous that I had to share it.<P>About 100 yards from my house there is a pond. A pair of geese have decided to call it home. Imagine this! They are never more than five feet from each other. When they fly it is like synchronized swimming in the air. Even on the ground. When one eats the other guards. <P>This is the ultimate in fidelity, protection, care, communication.....<BR>Imagine living a life with a mate who will be faithful for life. No alternatives. A mate who watches over you, is family oriented, and completely dedicated!<P>Sometimes as I watch the tears stream out of my eyes. I'm not sure what kind of tears they are exactly. Jealousy? Sadness? Joy at the sight of a miracle? Maybe a mixture of all of the above.<P>Canada Geese usually nest in the same spot each year. What a fabulous thing to look for each spring. I've decided I have to name them. Any suggestions?

NOT Romeo and Juliet (that was a fantasy also!!!!!)<P>HOw about Paul and Joanne. I think the Newman's have had a long marraige that had it's own difficulties that they have managed to surmount!!!!!!<P>Nothing else comes to mind tonight. I'll be anxious to hear other suggestions.

My suggestion may sound silly to everyone but me, but here goes:<P>Harry and Edna, my grandparents names. They were married in 1928 and had 14 children together. After the first 4 were born, Harry left Edna for another woman but came back within a year. During that time he had a daughter with the OW. They must have worked it all out because they stayed together until Harry's death in 1973. Edna is still living and never remarried. She has been a widow for almost 27 years. True love!!!<P>Ok, so I cast my vote for Harry and Edna! <P>Mitzi

I like them both!<P>tootrusting<BR>That marriage would have to be very strong in Hollywood! I like both names too.<P>Mitzi<BR>Thanks for sharing the story. My maternal Grandmother was Edna!<BR>On my dad's side ther is a very similar story. Grandpa had a child with the cleaning lady. But Grandma and grandpa stayed together forever. <P>Keep the suggestions coming. I may have to put them in a hat.<P>Tonight I saw one goose alone and panicked. Am I too attached already?

WS,<BR>If it was the male that was gone.....he probably went to the grocery, if it was the female.....she's gone shopping!!!!!!!<BR>Really......that is so cool.....remember I told you about "Roman" and "Mandy" our Collies.......they did synchronized walking. <BR>It does make you think, doesn't it? I'm glad you have such a pleasant thing to look at, let it make you feel good.....let it make you happy! <BR>I pick.........I'm thinking .......Let me get back to you!<P>Almost Happy<P>--------<BR>TIME

Hello WS -<P>I think you should call them Mary and Buddy!!!! (Marriage Buddies!!)<P>Certainly, DON'T contemplate "Soul" and "Mate"!!!! (did you just cringe and suck in your breath, too!!!) LOL!!!<P>I owe you E - have a 6am alarm going off for work tomorrow, so need to hit the hay......<P>Talk to you about our minds thinking alike later!!!!<P>HUGS,<P>Sheba

WS,<BR>I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!<BR>I pick..........Mr. and Mrs.! <P>AH

You guys are great!<P>AH<BR>I may consider naming them after your collies. The other is defintiely and option too. I'll let you in on some others I was thinking. In the morning when I can think. <BR>shopping Huh?<BR>You should see this. It is too neat. There is a pair of ducks that seems to be following them. The Lady wants to nest up in the tallest tree in an old nest but a hawk keeps chasing her off. I may never get any work done again!<P>Sheba<BR>Yes I cringed. But I like Mary and Buddy. Glad your going to E me. Thought maybe I went to crazy last time I talked to you and you had given up on me.<P>I really am going to put these all in a hat.

<BR>I'd like to throw in my suggestion:<P>Isabo and Navar.<P>Has anybody else seen LadyHawke? Anybody else like it?<P>

(((((((((((((wassi)))))))))))<P>my 2 cents on the name idea......<P>George and Gracie... <P><BR>Dylan

These are all great ideas!<P>O2bsane<BR>I loved that movie!<P>souloss<BR>Somehow George and Gracie fits them perfectly.<P>Hmmmmm. Should I use a hat? or do we vote?<BR> <BR>Have a good Monday everyone!

hey there fellow canadian girl!!!!!!<P>actually, George and Gracie come with a funny infidelity story....<P>George Burns cheated on Gracie...ONCE.<P>He felt so horrible that he brought her a sterling silver coffee set...(this was in the 1930's, and these things cost a fortune)....gracie knew about it, but NEVER mentioned it (after making sure it was over)....<P>years later though, at tea with a friend, Gracie looked lovingly at the coffee set and supposedly said..."I wish George would cheat once more...I would really like the matching tea service"....<P>LOL...<P>

Dylan<BR>Thanks for sharing that! You know for years I had this comic on my fridge. The woman is scrubbing the floor and says to the man "Are you sure there isn't another woman? I could really use some help around here." <BR>Hmmmmm bimbo wasn't much help. Should I put the cartoon back on the fridge?<BR>How are you?

That is a great George Burns story. I will have to remember it. <P>Wasstubborn, you have gotton some great ideas. I kinda like george and gracie now better than paul and joanne!!!! <P>Definatly NOT soul and mate. Yes, it really makes me cringe too!!!!!!!!!!

WS,<BR> How about Bill and Monica?<BR> --Murph

Murphy<BR>Shame on you!<BR>I think that was a bigger cringe than soul and mate!<P>George and Gracie seem to fit and no one here has objected. They are my geese so I guess H and son will just have to put up with whatever I choose.

George and Gracie just sound so good together don't they?<P>ANd since this is a "pet" post, does anyone know how to retrieve a lost hamster? We have just had this hamster a week. We have one of those plastic cages with attics and loops.<P>The attic lid must not have been on tight enough, and so he is gone.. My son is very upset. Is there a way to set a trap?

The wayward hamster returned. My son woke up when he heard the treadmill. We decided he was on an adventure. Maybe this is a "sign"

tootrusting<BR>Do you ever sleep? <BR>I'm glad the hampster returned. I had no ideas on that one.<BR>You like George and Gracie too?<BR>I think I'll keep the other suggestions for the young ones.<BR>Have a good day!

Fred & Ginger, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Jack & Jill, Liz & [censored], Liz & Eddie, Liz & Senator Warner, Liz & Nicky Hilton, Liz & Mike Todd...et al.<P>I like George and Gracie the best.