The criss-cross waves of high water tell us the tide is turning. Returning to the mouth of the river, the cygnets carry a glimpse of the sea. The pen is doing what she has always done. Prepare her young for the wider world, showing them where and when to feed. Her cob swims quietly by her side, creating an easy slipstream for cygnets who swim behind them. When the current becomes too strong they climb on their mother’s back.
We stand and watch them glide by and thank them for our own glimpse into another world. I am enchanted by their deep communication and understanding. Everything is done in total silence. Neither the cygnets nor their parents make a single sound. All I can hear is our smile.
all by themselves
lilies of the valley bloom
in nature’s garden
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
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Enchanting! What a treat to be able to witness this.
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Thank you Laurie, it is so lovely to see! :o) xxx
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Exquisite! I love the 2nd one with the babie on her back, so adorable. 💖💓Thank you for sharing, Xenia! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you for your kind words dear Amy, so happy to share these with you! 🤗💖 xxx
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I didn’t notice the little ones at first! So sweet.
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Thank you dear Lois, they are so adorable! 🤗💖 xxx
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Good point about the cygnets knowing what to do in silence. Beautiful photos and description of those swans.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank! It is amazing how the cygnets know – they are only four days old in these photographs :o)
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This is lovely! Swans are tremendous birds and you were so privileged to witness their family outing 🙂
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Thank you Jane, it was so lovely to see :o) xxx
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I’ll bet!
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“All I can hear is our smile.” What a lovely line!
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Thank you Jo! 🙂💖
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Lovely haibun as usual Xenia. I love your haiku with the lilies of the valley. The pics of the swans are beautiful. I love the silence and the knowing in this. You always write from such a deep sense of peace. Love to Rigor and Pearl.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Toni 💜 Eivor and Pearl were standing right beside me when I took these photographs. They love watching the swans and the swans are used to them too. We were all in this peaceful place together. Much love to you from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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That is wonderful. I love Sean’s and to think you all exist so peacefully together
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🙂🐶💕 xxx
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Swans…not Sean’s. Sometimes my spellcheck gets possessed.
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Thank you Toni! 😁💜 xxx
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Beautiful, as always, Xenia! 🙂
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Thank you Frank! 🙂💖 xxx
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A beautiful Haibun. Love the swans. Amazing how they communicate while saying no words. We say a lot of words and still can’t communicate adequately!!
Dwight
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Haha, thank you Dwight! It is so lovely to watch the deep understanding between them 🙂
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What a lovely haibun. Your photos and your acute observation of nature really make your part of the world come alive for me.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Suzanne 🙂💖 xxx
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Don’t panic, Xenia, I’m on the laptop so there will be no predictive text re-naming this morning! First you were Denis and then Jane called you Kim!
Your photographs wowed me. I keep pestering my husband to let me use his camera, it was new several years ago and never taken out of its box. My little Kodak Playtouch isn’t up to the job and is very old now.
Now to the nitty gritty – the words! I love the ‘criss-cross waves’, which create a sound that I’ve often heard on the Broads. I love the way you zoom in on the pen and her cygnets, such close detail mirrored by the photographs. You’ve captured Nature’s silence beautifully, especially with the last of the lilies of the valley. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, it was quite funny you both called me by a different name! I do hope you can use your husband’s camera or otherwise invest in a new one for yourself that you can play with to your heart’s content. It will be lovely to have something to capture family photos of Lucas growing up and all the wonderful nature around you. 🤗💖 xxx
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“All I can hear is our smile.” Terrific line
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Thank you so much for your kind words Debi :o)
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I love the communication between the cygnets and its parents… I can hear the smile
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Thank you Björn! :o)
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This is so beautiful–and the photo of the babies on the mother’s back!
I love “All I can hear is our smile.”
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Thank you so much for your kind words Merril 🙂💖 xxx
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You are very welcome. I showed the photo to my husband, too. 🙂
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Thank you! :o) xxx
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Silent
Nature
ALWays
DanCinG
SinGinG LoVE
OceaN WHoLE
No WordS aT aLL..:)
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Thank you Fred, that is beautiful! :o) xxx
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You are surely
Welcome.. kind
Tranature..😺
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Loved the view of the cygnets on the mother’s back. Such a beautiful capture, Xenia. ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words Olga, it was so lovely to see 🤗💖 xxx
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Absolutely beautiful photos of these graceful water birds. I love the babies – so fuzzy!
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Thank you so much for your kind words! 💜
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