A riverside walk unexpectedly turned into a family meeting when a swan and her young came to greet us …
Seven cygnets and a swan, on River Wensum: 4 June 2019
No denying it. Those cygnets qualify from the 2019picoftheweek challenge title Soft.
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crispina kemp 
Perfect portrait for soft.
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I thank you. It was entirely serendipity. I felt wicked for not feeding them; clearly they were used to it
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You’ve captured the scene beautifully Crispina. 🙂
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I put it on burst. Thirty photos later. I caught them from the moment they spotted us from across the river. But I never expected the photos to come out so well
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Well, they’re lovely. Swans are so elegant and I see you captured their images on the undisturbed water. I could imagine it on the cover of a music concerto. So peaceful. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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I enjoy the share.
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Beautiful Crispina! Thanks for sharing this! ❤
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Happy to bring you pleasure
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So beautiful!
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I thank you, Susan. They are kinda cute, aren’t they. And very unusual for me to do ‘cute’
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I agree, very cute!
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Love this! Yes, it’s the perfect photo for the ‘soft’ prompt.
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I thank you, Maria. I think Leda loved me that day.
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Wow. A beautiful picture indeed. This is a family time and they look so at ease and happy 😁
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It was difficult to select which photo to use. In some, they are cute beyond permissible.
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Exactly, they are so cute 😊
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It’s cos they’re fluffly little ugly ducklings. 🙂 A swan? Oh, go on!
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😂
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What a perfect response to “soft”! Lovely capture, you lucky woman!
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Oh, you know, it happens. Couldn’t be set up, no matter how much you tried. Perhaps it has to do with the stars, Gemini being ‘ruled’ by the Twins, begotten upon Leda by Zeus in the form of a swan.
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Wow! She had a lot of babies!
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Have to admit, never seen such a successful mum.
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Great family photo — and look, all the “kids” are behaving so well for the photo, too! I had forgotten the word cygnet, what a cool word; thanks for the reminder!
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I thank you, Joy. The photo opp was truly a case of serendipity.
And don’t forgotten the Swan Family’s other names. There’s Pen, she’s the mother swan, and Cob, he’s the papa. 🙂
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Ooh, I never knew about Pen and Cob, that’s fun.
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Don’t they teach anything in American school? 🙂
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Somehow we skipped the goose names… 😉
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The swan clan!
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Indeed. That’s an amazing number of cygnets in one brood. Unless she was babysitting. Though I saw only one other swan, who I assume was the male.
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