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Garden Snake

Mom and Dad have a friendly snake that lives in the front area outside the house. Friendly in the sense that they try not to bother each other….

Lunch Time

I don’t believe the little guy in the first photo was mooning me. He’s just learning how to feed off the bottom of the pond. It was very…

One Week

Here they are at a week old. So cute. I don’t think this is the same cygnet in the two photos. They are part of a sextuplet so…

Swan Family

It’s hard to believe these cygnets are only a week old. I feel like I have been following their progress for months. I suppose it has been a…

Memorial Day 2013

Today is a day to remember all the service men and women who have fought and died for our country. We give thanks to them and their families…

Pink

We’ve had a lot of rain the past week. Last night I couldn’t sleep due to the noise of the rain pouring down. However, all that rain seems…

Pink Lady Slippers

Last year I took some photos of the Lady Slippers in my brother’s yard. They have sprouted again this year and are just so cool looking.  Mom and…

Bird Nest

My brother found this amazing beautiful bird’s nest under his pontoon boat. They were removing the shrink wrap from the winter storage and getting a tune up for…

Bird Fight

On Sunday, Mom, Dad, and I went over to check on the progress of the cygnets. They were off the nest strolling with mom and dad swan. Unfortunately,…

They’re Here!

Back on April 29th, I showed this photo of a mother swan sitting on her nest. My aunt has been keeping a vigil on them, checking once or…

Plane Trail

A few weeks ago when I went to dinner in the North End with friends we spotted this in the sky. I love the blue sky of twilight…

Swanning

Mom said that she and Dad went down to check out the cygnets yesterday and only saw two of them, with the mother and father swan. I’m afraid…

Cygnet: Cuteness Overload

Thankfully, I get a tax return each year. With this year’s return I invested in a nice piece of glass (lens) for my camera. I still want to…

Orangelicious

For this year’s Mother’s Day card I used the bottom image to put on the front of the card. Mom always likes it when I make her a…

Squirrel Time

No more swan photos this week. Maybe this weekend they’ll be some cygnets hatching and I can get a shot. For today we have a Boston squirrel. The…

Swan Wings

This swan is not part of the mother and father swans that I’ve been posting this week. This one was down at the Jenney Grist Mill. I believe…

Friend or Foe?

After taking pictures of the swans I had to look up some information online since I know virtually nothing about swans. These are Mute Swans (apparently, they are…

Father Swan

When we first arrived at the pond, the father swan was all the way on the other side from where the mother swan was nesting. Apparently, there was…

Mother Swan

My aunt discovered a pair of swans that are waiting to become parents. Here we have the mother swan sitting on the nest. My aunt has been going…

Boston Mourning

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have the day off from work due to Patriot’s Day. I was also happy not to have to deal with the Red…

Flowers Blooming

These flowers were blooming at my aunt’s house. They are very pretty and a nice sign that Spring is actually here. While yesterday was in the high 50s/low…

Goose

I mentioned in yesterday’s photo how the geese got so close to me I even had to backup a little.  The nice thing is I got a good…

Friendly Geese

I heard these geese squaking while they were wading in the water. I walked over to the pond and they came right out of the water and walked…

Sign of Spring

I’m ready for spring and yet it’s getting colder this week than last. Mother Nature teased us with a couple of days in the 50s. Now we are…