Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Lucy Goosey left today ~ As you might recall, she has been with us for quite some time. We found her injured and with her feet tied up last fall and after her recovery she just stayed with us, with the sheep, following them during the day and sleeping with them at night. We had a few scares, when on several occasions during the past few months, other Canada Geese would fly overhead, honking.. sometimes she would take flight, briefly, only to return a few moments later, and we would all exhale, not even realizing we had been holding our breath.... We had all hoped, expected her to stay with us forever... she was part of us.... until this morning.

We woke up early and in a panic, Flame, our Angora Goat had escaped and was roaming freely in the yard... so naturally, we all had to rush outside to try and get her back in her pen - which was not that hard, considering that she comes to me when she sees me because I usually feed her leaves off the bushes that she can't reach.... so after getting her back in her pen, we were all still outside feeding Flame and Bud, her kid, some fresh breakfast bush leaves - when out of nowhere, a single goose flew overhead, he circled once, and Lucy took off, straight up, up and away... we held our breath for just a moment and realized this was goodbye...her mate came back for her... and she had been waiting for him....