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Singular: there's only one kind of plant there
Plural: since there's more than one plant, the label should reflect that
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Wild Geese

« H E Pillow Book :: email
posted Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Two flocks of geese went over my house last night, honking.  I don't know why they do that; surely it would be more efficient to fly quietly?  Maybe it's something for the beginnings and ends of flights, or when they're about to make a sudden direction change, to make sure the flock stays together.  The flock I saw was Canada geese; I don't know about the other.

There's something very autumnal about the sound of wild geese, even though they migrate in the spring too.  It makes me want to go stand on a windy cliffside overlooking the moors, or something similarly romantic and impractical.  Certain kinds of weather will also set off this desire; it's not just the geese.

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