Swan Song In The Sun

This gorgeous mute Swan was at Newmillerdam yesterday. A few months ago some vandals shot the original female dead. The forlorn male swan swam around and around the lake looking for his dead mate. This was reported in the local newspaper. Something had to be done..

They introduced a new female Swan, and yesterday we saw her sat on her nest in a bed of Flag Iris.
She is sitting on her eggs. The male Swan was swimming a little distance away.
Most people know that Swans usually form bonds with their mate, and stay together for a lifetime.
Its good that the widowed male Swan decided to take a chance on the new female. There should be Cygnets soon swimming around the lake.
The sun is shining today, the perfect weather for Harlow Carr.

Swan Falls and Flower

The Christmas Cactus flower continues to unfurl its petals from the cylindrical bud.

A long day at work.It was cold this morning,and even colder on the way back. The new garden will be frozen by the weather.

In the south of England they have reported Berwick swans have settled into the waters, in numbers double of last year. Scientists take it that the Winter will be bitterly cold this year.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489098&in_page_id=1770

They have flown 3000 miles from the Artic Tundra on the cold Easterly winds that have been making us shiver.

If there is two things the British love, One is gardening, and the other is talking about the Weather. I think the Island shape of the country, and old reliance on agriculture and the sea have made us weather obsessed!

To the point of predicting the weather because of the arrival of Swans!