The Swan Family Seems To Be In Mourning

Okay, so half of that title above is probably a "projection" but see, am used to seeing them all five - together .. so when I decided to go for a stroll this afternoon (which actually ended up in swan gazing) I couldn't help but wonder where the other kid was because it's just the four of them floating on that pea soup.

A neighbor walking the dog passed by and bid me hi so I blurted, one's missing. She looked under the bridge because I couldn't since I was on it and confirmed it wasn't just under it. "No wonder they look like "zero energy" today, they must be in mourning cause normally, they swim towards me but the dad just looked up and the other three didn't budge.; " I said back thinking - maybe I shouldn't have said that ..

She went further walking her dogs and I was left alone swan gazing. I cooed and tried to call the dad but he just ignored me then I realized he was drowsing. Here's the proof - click here to watch the video.

The rest joined him so I went on my stroll and along the way, I decided to take a different route, one that would take me to the grocery where I could buy them bread to feed on my way back.

I came across the same neighbor who looked for the other baby swan under the bridge and her dog came running to me barking hi ... She asked me whether I stayed longer and if the other baby swan finally went back. I told her I did stay a bit but left them still four and she blurted out "hopefully no one run him over otherwise that would really be mean". I agree !!! I saw the whole family getting out of the mere in front of my house and crossing the road this morning and I notice they were just four. I thought they were a different family but obviously - not.

Where's the other guy? Was he indeed ran over? Did he die? Were the other four just sleepy or in mourning? I wrote it up there that the later is just my projection because I was the whole day yesterday.

I'm in mourning .. over my grandfather ... but it was more of the 7 year old girl in my head - is in mourning. She haunts me on a yearly basis - makes me cry like a bully. I am aware that I have no reason to cry but my heart just somehow explodes with the thought of it. Sounds like drama doesn't it? I wish it was so I won't have to wake up with frog eyes which you get from wiping your eyes a lot, the next day.

IMHO my gramps is not really dead, he's just asleep or at least I was told so when I haven't discovered that God has a direct line. The soul doesn't die - is what I believe in - just the body does. My soul feels the pain, its the one that cries and the one that mourns. Having written that made me think on the way to the grocery ... I really have to take every plant and animals and any living thing in consideration - cause the fact that they are alive means - they have souls, too. Don't get me wrong though, I believe in YOLO.

I had a hard time choosing which bread to buy because reading their ingredients labels made it so hard to make a decision. Having seen that most of the ingredients are the same I just took the round ones with raisins in it because I love that bread (I don't eat that often though- gluten!!!) and you should give something you yourself would eat even to them animals imho

When I got back, this was what I found. Can you guess which filter I used to make these pics look a bit terrestial? More peeps were swan gazing, some of their pets, too. How many fouls do you see on the picture below?

I gave them all three of it and saved one for me for later but the dad got greedy and took most of it. He's the biggest among four though. He's up to my shoulder when standing. He's really huge but never agressive. Click here to watch the video.

I'm still burning up so I went back home because even though I was wearing my winter coat for the first time today - it's really really cold today - my hands were starting to sting from the cold and I really want to fully recover from this flu. They've set the winter time at 3am in the EU this morning and it's but right. Though fallen leaves still abound - the wind that kissed my cheeks isn't an autumn wind.

On the way back home, the sky looked like so. I tucked my camera back too soon in my winter coat's pocket and missed out on birds flying on a V line probably heading South perhaps cause it's still warm there. I guess those who will be going to the Steem Fest won't be needing any autumn wear yet but am not a weather reporter.

When I got home my husband said, I took a long walk today so I told him I actually did not and I told him the sad news and that they look like in mourning but he said some of them leave the family early like I did and that I am in mourning and he hugged me tight.

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Is that true? Do some baby swans really leave the nest early?
Do you think that animals, too do mourn or get sad for their loss of a family member?

_{This content's 100% mine. I took the pics with my Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 and used one of its filter. Have you guessed which one?}

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