So, one thing you need if you are going to raise a goose...and a turtle for that matter...is a pond. We have had a turtle...named Turtley-Wurtley. She is a water turtle, but doesn't seem to know it...but that's another story. Anyway, this weekend, between Saturday conference sessions, we built a pond. We had to dig a 5'x3'x1' hole...which is no easy task here in Arizona...can we say caliche soil? Yeah, and huge bolders along with that. But within two hours, we had dug our hole. Then after the second session, we finished it. The water was cloudy at first because we let too much dirt get in, so we had to drain it and fill it again. Then we got a bunch of gold fish (10 regular and 2 fancy) and a suckerfish...for cleaning. And now it is done and we love it...Duck-Duck likes it too. I pluncked him in there and she just started swimming around. Very cute. Unfortunately, Turtley-Wurtley was not impressed and wandered off to heaven knows where...I guess we will see her in a month or so. Ah well, you can't please everyone.