Spring Swans....

On a trip down to the southern part of the U.P., we went by Lake Michigan again.

Right outside of Escanaba, Michigan

on  a the only little patch

of open water.....

I

saw

THIS!:

Two lovely tundra swans swimming about!

It is very early up here for sightings of swans!  They usually don't migrate up this far north until April, but this has been a warmer-than-usual March...(I am writing this on March 27th and prepublished this post):

So beautifully graceful!:

(Of course, I made my husband turn around on a busy four-lane highway so I could jump out of the car to capture them!)

But just LOOK at him/her:

Wouldn't YOU jump out of a car to see them up closer?

And not ONE beauty, but TWO!!:

It MADE MY DAY!:

Like a dream...

I hope, like me....

looking at them

made you

calmer...

  quieter...........

and

even more thankful

for

Nature's gifts.

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