The past week this family of swans with five young pays us a daily visit at our water side terrace. The parent swans aren’t entirely comfortable with me sitting right at the water’s edge (behind a fence), and hiss some warnings at me. The water plants are however too enticing to ignore.
(photos by Ton Zijlstra, license CC BY-NC-SA)
Having coffee by the water side this morning basically for the first time this year, this amfibian friend came to check us out.
Since the thawing of the ice two swans frequent the watercourse at the bottom of our garden to feed. When I went down there to enjoy a few rays of sun, these two tried to chase me away hissing at me. It’s my garden There’s a sturdy fence, so I bravely stood my ground knowing full well they couldn’t get to me. Quite unlike when one went after E when the fence wasn’t there yet. They withdrew when I hissed back at them and threw some water from my glass in their general direction. The Swan gang isn’t going to take over my turf! 😉
Such magnificent birds.
E went for a walk in the neighbourhood close to sunset, and made some nice photos of people skating on the river Laak and various bodies of water around here.
Photo by E, license CC BY NC SA
Photo by E, license CC BY NC SA
Photo by E, license CC BY NC SA
Y was really happy with the ice skates E bought her. I brought a chair and she enjoyed herself tremendously on the ice.
The ice on the watercourse next to our garden looks like it will hold us now. Time for Y’s first skating experiences later today.
I don’t walk down to our water side terrace enough. It really is nice in the morning light on a clear and crisp day like today.
