an odd number by quietpurplehaze

an odd number

A good friend told me there were new cygnets on North Pond. So I prevailed upon Ray to take me.

But it was very hard getting shots of a family of 2 swans and 5 tiny cygnets. So here are just 3 of the 5 little ones.

We sat in a little public garden and ate bacon baps with a takeaway coffee from Costa Coffee afterwards. It made a nice outing.

We took the wheelchair instead of my scooter but the dropped kerbs/pavements were not friendly so I think we shall not use that again.
A lovely capture and pov ( I hope you didn't fall in ! ) Nice to have a little outing and the weather was good yesterday . Dropped kerbs (or lack of ) are a nuisance, - if you find a dropped kerb - you have to be aware whether there is a corresponding dropped kerb on the other side of the road !Not easy is it ! (Mon morning moan over !! ha ha !)
July 13th, 2020  
I love the slightly dizzying pov.

Sorry about the kerb issue. I understand that one. I remember when I had a broken ankle, my young son was wheeling me in a wheelchair along our road. We needed to cross and found the refuge in the middle of the busy road had a little kerb up onto it and off again at the other side! Crazy hard to get out of the way of the traffic safely.
July 13th, 2020  
Lovely perspective, fine detail and patterns Hazel:)
July 13th, 2020  
Beautiful
July 13th, 2020  
Oh so cute Hazel!
July 13th, 2020  
An adorable capture and love the swirling water around them!
July 13th, 2020  
what a lovely shot, I love ducklings and really like the circles in the water
July 13th, 2020  
@beryl

I agree with what you say, Beryl, about dropped kerbs and did not take it as a moan on your part. It's great to have a scooter to get about but always something to think about when you go out. We almost give marks out of ten for the accessibility of the places we visit: seaside proms are the best! I hope you are feeling at least a bit better.
July 13th, 2020  
@casablanca

I'm a bit of a wimp sometimes and didn't like the occasion when Ray said 'I'll stand in the road and hold the traffic up.' He hasn't said it since!
July 13th, 2020  
Lovely capture Hazel!
July 13th, 2020  
Sorry you seem to be having difficulty walking just now Hazel.....so glad of the convenience & freedom of the modern buggy....you are finding out all about problems that able bodied folk never give a thought to until it’s their turn!
Little baby Cygnets in a mini whirlpool!
July 13th, 2020  
Great pov :)
July 13th, 2020  
@happypat

Thanks for kind words, Pat. It seems hard that in less than a year I have gone from being 'able-bodied' to unable to walk out, having to use trekking poles even for a stroll around our garden. My big problem is that painkillers nearly all conflict with the meds for bipolar disorder. I now have a supplement (boswellia/curcumin) that I am about to try. I prefer not take unregulated products but have got rather desperate................
July 14th, 2020  
@quietpurplehaze So sorry Hazel & I miss your lovely people & their history photos! Perhaps when you get the right medication hopefully things will improve. Thinking of you. We are all slowing down anyway...I have found that this year.
July 14th, 2020  
@happypat

Thanks Pat. I miss my portraits but of course it is doubly difficult to approach folk and ask for a shot with the spectre of the virus lurking unseen everywhere. I would be worried and I guess they would be too.
July 14th, 2020  
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