There is no full You Tube version of this, so please click on the link on the photo to read about amazing Maria, the Echo Park Lake goose. You won't be sorry.
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor
It's nice to see the community come together for Maria's cause. Hopefully this post will bring even more attention to Maria's plight.
Feb 17, 2011 12:01 AM
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.
Oh, I have a heart... it's right over... uh... I left it right.... maybe it's over.... hmmm..?
Feb 17, 2011 01:25 AM
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Hi Jane, Maria is a silly goose, I like the way she inserted herself in the video! LOL I hope the relationship with Dominic will continue, I had no idea geese could live for 40 years!
Feb 17, 2011 02:44 AM
Selley Group Real Estate, LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Realtor
Jane,
MacArthur Park kind of has a disco ring to it. Nonetheless, change does break up some relationships, oddly enough.... g
Feb 17, 2011 05:24 AM
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
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Leilani, this is getting to be a problem this bird phobia. I didn't realize it was so rampant.
Jim, wasn't it just.
Dorie, it certainly does. Hopefully Maria will find a home she likes.
Craig, one can only hope.
Alan, it took me a while to realize about what you were mumbling. It hit me in the middle of the night. I have corrected it. Thank you.
Mary, neither did I. She is a cutie isn't she.
Gordon, there was a song about Macarthur Park. "Someone left the cake out in the rain...."
Feb 17, 2011 05:45 AM
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker
I love this story, Jane! That love story is great and I hope it can continue even during the renovation. When I was very little, my grandfather used to take me to Echo Park Lake to feed the ducks. I have many photos of me as a 2 or 3 year old at that lake.
Feb 17, 2011 07:07 AM
pha logistix inc - San Francisco, CA
SF NYC LA
Jane - awesome and heartwarming story. Hopefully, Dominic will continue his daily walk with Maria at Maria's new home...
Feb 17, 2011 07:33 AM
Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL
REALTOR
Jane - I really home Maria finds a safe home during construction, what a personality.
Feb 17, 2011 10:26 AM
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
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Susan, that is cute. Would make a great little post piece.
Peggy, I hope so.
Michelle, isn't she just :)
Feb 17, 2011 01:06 PM
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
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Well, I hope nobody swipes her, or worse . . . I used to own a goose. Well, 2 of them. They were very cute when they were babies, but when they grew up they honked. Like at 4 AM when my neighbors came home drunk and woke up the whole neighborhood. Hey, it wasn't my fault.
Feb 18, 2011 03:41 AM
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Elizabeth, LOL. There is a house in Santa Monica which has roosters. Can you imagine that noise at 4:00 a.m.
Feb 18, 2011 03:47 AM
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What a lot of fuss over a goose! Surely someone will give her a good home. You can send her to me!
Feb 18, 2011 02:22 PM
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Growing up on the ranch in Montana....when we first moved there ( I was really, really little) we bucket fed calf. It got to where it would come to the door to wait for it's bucket of milk.
Needless to say, when it came time to send her to market...she didn't go! This story reminds me of that.
What a great friendship indeed!
Feb 18, 2011 02:43 PM
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
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Georgie, I will certainly recommend it. She would love to waddle on the Maui beaches.
Thom, I would certainly hope not, Thom. Yep, this is a match made in heaven.
Feb 18, 2011 03:00 PM
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Jane, it seem like the powers that be could do the restoration in two parts, half of Echo Park first then the second. Ahhh a man and his goose...hmmm.
Feb 18, 2011 03:43 PM
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
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Nick, great idea. But not sure you can drain half a lake and the problem is it is so polluted it wouldn't really be healthy for poor Maria.
Feb 18, 2011 04:05 PM
Bergen County, NJ - RE/MAX Real Estate Limited - Maywood, NJ
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(512) 786-8300 - Austin, TX
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Sheldon, I can imagine you running around with a goose following you... Oh, you meant real clients.
Scott, you are a busy bee today with your catch-up. Thanks for taking the time.
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