Newborns. Cygnet 1 & 2. (#3 out of sight.) Noon. 66° F. May 30 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (Thank you Susan & Wally for spotting.) More pictures of the newborns and their Mom and Dad here.
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Disaster Update…(we hope)
We have an URGENT update to Sunday’s morning’s joyous post: “And, it’s that time again. Thank God for that.”
The post shared some photo’s of Gracie and George’s new giant nest at Cove Island Park, along with two giant eggs, and the pair circling to protect their territory.
Well, it may have been climate change. Or, it may have been very bad judgment to build the nest in harm’s way, but by mid afternoon Sunday, the high tide swamped the nest, washed it away and pushed the abandoned eggs up the embankment. And, our Swans had gone. Disaster!
Continue reading “Disaster Update…(we hope)”And, it’s that time again. Thank God for that…
Walking. And, for a moment, all is right with the world…
6:54 am. Weather app says 33° F. There’s no damn way it’s 33°. I shiver.
And, I walk.
1,347 consecutive (almost) days at Cove Island Park. Like in a row.
Our Swan family sleeps peacefully out in open water, a rare sight. The youngster is now fully grown, making it difficult to sort out who’s who.
I stand watching them, the pulse slows, this calm in the shadow of bombs dropping in Kyiv, in Gaza and in Yemen. And the warming planet offering a respite for the swans who don’t need to migrate south to find unfrozen bodies of water.
Non sequitur. Up and in flashes a segment of a CBS Sunday Morning interview with Jelly Roll, not the donut kind, but the rapper and singer. It’s a worthy segment, I urge you all to watch.
Jelly says “I have a very dark hallway between my ears.”
I look out at the swans.
Peace. And War.
War & Peace.
Notes:
6 geese a laying, 4 swans-a-?
6 geese-a-laying, 4 swans-a-flying. And one was our little cygnet all grown up and soaring.
Had I not been standing there, I would have bet background was A.I. generated – no A.I. this morning. Nature’s Magic. Sept 3, 2023. 6:49 a.m. 66° F. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT.
More photos from this morning’s walk here including Sunrise & Wally on morning walk.