This week was a real surprise. I did start off auspiciously with a trip to secure a new place to live in Chelsea, just accross the Boston Harbor, back into the same neighborhood that i lived in the Mill Hill/Box District. cross your fingers for me! and my friend drove me out to Wakefield-Melrose to the Ell Pond to see a pair of Nesting Swans. we both took some wonderful Photographs, and in contrast to the care with which the Ell Pond governing committee took to provide some measure of privacy, the boat dock was blocked off as the nest was in the rushes at the dock, along with a Mallard Duck Nest.
From the size of the swans, they are still a young couple, but the nest was very typical, very big and broad in Circumference with a very deep bowl. the townspeople refer to them as "Mel" and "Rose".
there was a group there which constantly changed as poeple came to ooh and aah, and like us, take some photographs. a Peek at the Eggs when "Rose" changed her position on the Next revealed them to be Green in color, which means close to the Hatch Watch. It was a first Outing for me other than my Medical Care Visits for the Breast Cancer and it went well. Stong one day, then not so much for several days after i am trying to remember that my body doesn't know it had surgery -- it thinks a Lion or Coyote bit me- and it is still in shock. Faith, Fortitude and Grace....and Patience with the body's healing.