Céanndhubahn
Not Grown Old
Mute Swan m. (Cygnus olor)
Mrs Mute Swan and the kids were paddling around, searching for tasty morsels, when this magnificent father swan serenely raised his head from the water, and looked directly at me. An extremely personal moment, I felt.
I’m always thrilled to see these incredibly beautiful creatures, and, this day was wonderfully sunny and the light was just lovely.
Culzean Swan Pond
SW Scotland
Taken at the beginning of January, 2021
“Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.”
extract - “The Wild Swans at Coole” WB Yeats
(cropped)
Not Grown Old
Mute Swan m. (Cygnus olor)
Mrs Mute Swan and the kids were paddling around, searching for tasty morsels, when this magnificent father swan serenely raised his head from the water, and looked directly at me. An extremely personal moment, I felt.
I’m always thrilled to see these incredibly beautiful creatures, and, this day was wonderfully sunny and the light was just lovely.
Culzean Swan Pond
SW Scotland
Taken at the beginning of January, 2021
“Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.”
extract - “The Wild Swans at Coole” WB Yeats
(cropped)