What we see here is the shore across the lake, the blue part is still frozen and then open water on our side of the lake.
Our park like beach area is only approximate 140 steps away from our house. its completely fenced in with a locked gate, so no worries of little ones getting too close to the water.
There were hundreds of ducks on the lake and when I saw the two geese I knew I had my picture. I waited a long time for the female to stop feeding and come up, but no. the gander was watching us and kept in step when the female moved a bit further over in her feeding frenzy. we're only 7 steps away from him, but maybe too close for his comfort.
Ian