Goosehaven

 

Goosehaven is the name that I have given to the property of my wife, Sabine.  It is a small hobby farm near Sterling, Michigan, with about 10 acres.  Sterling is just North of Standish which is 2 hours North of Detroit on I-75.  I make the trip almost every weekend. 

I call the place Goosehaven because we have 18 white Chinese geese including one gosling.  Sabine wanted to call it North Wolf Castle or something like that, but we don't have any wolves.  The most prominent feature on the property is the gaggle of geese and they make so much noise that they're pretty hard to ignore.

Three goslings from the 2008 batch.

Day lilies in the front yar.

Two more goslings from 2008

P7200081.JPG (245203 bytes) Translucent plants in the front yard.

P7200082.JPG (258847 bytes) Lilies in the front yard.

P7200084.JPG (281146 bytes) Climbing roses.

P7200087.JPG (127837 bytes) Summer storm on the horizon.

P7200089.JPG (236760 bytes) Geese in the goosepen

P7200093.JPG (147689 bytes) The pole barn.

P7200094.JPG (220185 bytes) The house.

P7200097.JPG (229616 bytes) The back yard.

P7200098.JPG (167109 bytes) The old barn.

P7200099.JPG (103459 bytes) Storm clouds.

P7200100.JPG (108427 bytes) Rain.

P7200101.JPG (106020 bytes) A dark summer day.

P7200103.JPG (144695 bytes) Rainbow.

P7200104.JPG (212504 bytes) Chinese Maple.

P7200106.JPG (243404 bytes) Fluffy, the barn cat.

P7200109.JPG (252651 bytes) The geese in the back yard.

P7200111.JPG (218259 bytes) The blood maple.

P7200113.JPG (261942 bytes) The goosepen.

P7200114.JPG (279853 bytes) The back of the goosepen.

P7210120.JPG (201981 bytes) Geese in front of the old barn.

P7210121.JPG (175877 bytes) Ken's wheat field to the East of our property.

P7210123.JPG (264685 bytes) The goosepen.

P7210127.JPG (196365 bytes) The backyard beyond the fence.

P7230136.JPG (190373 bytes) The front yard.

P7230140.JPG (276059 bytes) The goosepen.

P7230144.JPG (229092 bytes) Corey, who is half chow.

P7230145.JPG (252064 bytes) Corey up close.

P7230149.JPG (231420 bytes) Shelby up close.

P7230150.JPG (278307 bytes) Shelby, who is half German sheppard.

P7230151.JPG (224000 bytes) The goosepen.  I did a lot of work clearing the goosepen this year.  That's why there are several pictures of it.