I met a family

@BarBaraPrz (52002)
St. Catharines, Ontario
May 20, 2026 5:18pm CST
A fine feathered family, on my way to the Centre this morning... Mr & Mrs C. Goose, and their little ryan... I mean, gosling. They were standing on the sidewalk along where the old hospital once was. The 25 acre (I think) site was demolished years ago to make way for housing, but the company went into receivership and the land lay half-cleared ever since. Since there had been some excavation done, a nice little pond developed there... frequented by geese. But someone else took over the site and has been "doing stuff" preparing the site for 6 or 7 highrises. And I could hear Daddy Goose saying, "Well son, I thought this would be a nice place for you to grow up in." (Geese don't care about dangling participles) and Mommy was just standing there rolling her eyes.
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@LadyDuck (504866)
• Italy
21 May
The little geese are so cute. Shame buildings will come where they could enjoy living.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 May
It'll take at least ten years to complete the project and I'm not looking forward to all those buildings, casting shadows, blocking out the sun...
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 May
@LadyDuck Well, it wasn't a beautiful green area, just a scene of destruction... It would take a few more years for flora to take it completely over. I often thought it would be a good place to stage a post-apocalyptic film...
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@LadyDuck (504866)
• Italy
21 May
@BarBaraPrz I hate when they destroy beautiful green areas to build those tall buildings.
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@LindaOHio (223732)
• United States
21 May
I hope Ryan Gosling has a good place to grow up in.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 May
So do I.
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@Fleura (35801)
• United Kingdom
21 May
That's rather sad, I hope little Ryan grows up and finds a better place to move to before all the work starts.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 May
Oh, the work has already started... clearing the rubble, taking out old pilings from the demolished hospital, putting in new pilings for the highrises...
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@just4him (323224)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May
The geese will adjust.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 May
I'm sure they will.
@valherma00 (4545)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 May
i hope humans won't stand in their way.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 May
They'll find a place, I'm sure.
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@BarBaraPrz (52002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 May
@valherma00 Saw them this morning... looks like "Ryan" is fully fledge now. It rained heavily all day Saturday so there's still a puddle for them to swim on, although coming home this afternoon it looked smaller.
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• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 May
@BarBaraPrz i think thas as well
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