EARLY IN THE MORNING

Thought I would check on Mamma goose

Mamma is doing a good job of sitting on the nest

Papa is strutting about

A tree swallow taking in the beautiful warm sunshine

Gorgeous red tulips reaching for the sun

Coming back from my walk I noticed the butterfly

on our window screen

A sea plane flying overhead as he

practices landing in the river

A brown-headed cowbird

looking for insects

He could care less that I was there

Later in the day we drove to Chatham

As we were driving Highway 40

our eyes came upon this magnificent swan

sitting on  her nest

Her partner was not far away

A good thing

Back home again

To our concern Mamma and Papa

were once again shooed away from the nest

Guests were staying at the log cabin

and

their BIG dog was running

 'free as the wind'

Mamma and Papa stayed away from the nest

for a long, long time

As evening fell upon the island

 Mamma and Papa had not

returned to the nest

To be continued.......