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HOW DID I GET TO BE EIGHTY? It suddenly seems that life has gone by much too fast, and there is so much I still want to do! I remember thinking that being eighty wouldn’t be any different from being seventy-nine, but I may have been wrong. Truth became very clear to me when I received a lovely birthday card mentioning my “eight decades of life.”
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I met Linda Rosland several years ago when she was taking photos of the mute swans in our area. We have kept in touch ever since. She is a retired nurse and an excellent nature photographer. She travels to various parks and other areas to take photos of birds and animals of all kinds. I have admired her beautiful photos for years, and I’ve learned some helpful tips on photography.
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As I wash the breakfast dishes, my mind is racing. I need to vacuum and dust before someone starts writing words on the end tables. I need to find those clippers before the next horse show. And I need to fix a bridle and clean a saddle. I need to send a card to a sick friend. Do a load of laundry. Refill the bird feeder. And repot that big plant.
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My fascination with mute swans began with my first sighting in 2009, and it grew stronger when one swan became my favorite. At the time, I didn’t know it was possible to bond with a wild swan.
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It was October 20, 1995, and I was on my way to the barn to clean stalls and lay out feed for my horses. It was a miserably windy, wintry afternoon, with a depressingly heavy, overcast sky. My sinuses were hurting from the cold, and my ears were tickling.
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