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[kayre]

I find it encouraging, somehow, to see trees budding during the bitterest cold of the winter.



Mute swans (quiet, but not really mute) are a European introduction to the area. Locally, there aren't enough to be problematic-- and they're so gorgeous.








And, by popular demand... well, okay, one person wanted to see it... here's where the fox landed. Tail towards the lower right. I'm sure mactavish is right-- he probably did the dignified "I meant to do that" bit afterwards!