Kids, after this we gotta go to gymnastics, then pick up dinner at Bi-Rite, then finish Steve Jr.’s macaroni project, then glue the vase back together then call Eddie’s Mom about that wrestling accident. After that, I’m making a martini. [Paddle paddle]
I’m tired, Brent C.!
Mom, are we there yet?
Look at how contented the cygnets are. Mom must be a luxury vehicle.
i wanna ride, too!
Who needs a school bus? What a first class ride!
You just know the kids are patiently waiting for their lunchables!
mmmm, lunchables….
Swan Utility Vehicle. I wonder what kind of mileage she gets.
mmmm Bi-Rite. Make sure to pick up a quart of creme fraiche ice cream!
Yay, their own personal live swan boat. Vrrrrrrooooommmm!
Do you think they call shotgun to decide who rides in front?
E-ticket ride, for sure!
Friggin cute, adorable, sweet, heartwarming – everything!
Cute Overload- proving old children’s stories wrong!
Swan babies are NOT ugly! They’re just as cute as ducklings!
(I’m thinking of the story of The Ugly Duckling.)
Beautiful picture;really enjoyed those captions!
Let me be the first to say that I want to snorgle the cygnet’s fuzzy heads!
For some reason, this reminds me of the Tunnel of Love. Strange.
Please keep your wings and beaks inside the ride until the swan boat has come to a complete stop…
Faster Momma faster!
They look lovely, but I had a run-in with a swan in Wales once. Let’s just say they’re not on my holiday card list.
Brillo capshun tho, Meg.
If I was a duck and I saw those ugly ducklings, I would sure be rejecting them. I’m just sayin’.
“I loooove it when we’re cruising together”
AWWWWW!!!
I wouldn’t want to mess with SuperSoccerSwanMom, though.
and then daddy swan wants to know why she’s so tired and cranky when she stayed home all day and did nuthin’.
Baby swans (cygnets) ARE totally adorable little fuzzheads. However, their elegant moms and dads are total badasses who will beat you to death as soon as look at you (right, Berthaservant?)
So how *does* soccer work, on a pond? Do they call it “sogger”?
That is really a cool picture.
I worked at an outside restaurant on the water and there were signs all over the place that said DO NOT FEED the BIRDS. There were geese and swans. BOTH of those were MEAN, MEAN, MEAN! They mean business. I can’t tell you the number of children who came running and screaming after trying to feed them and getting bitten or beaten!!! Of course, I laughed at their misfortune. Read the signs people.
Everybody, sing along. You know the words.
We were sailing along
on Moonlight Baaaaayyyyy.
[honk!]
I think the babies are probably singing “99 Bottles of Bleen on the Wall.”
Goooooood morning, Theresa.
OK, stop messing with my head, Theo.
“So how *does* soccer work, on a pond? Do they call it “sogger”?”
Yes, and if it’s played by teenagers, it’s “snigger.” If they are horny teenagers, it’s “snogger.”
And the Atari version?…
And the Web 2.0 version?…
And, and, and the cardiovascular version?…
(help me)
Its all well and good until they want to water-ski…
Real cute
http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2274031300054217802EYowFn
[SNORK]
…and that’s *totally* me, in the tux. Beaut!
They’re just swanning about!
(On the Sewannee River, no doubt…)
berthaservant, Theresa–I completely agree. I’ve been savaged by swans more times than I can count, and it wasn’t always my fault. My brother once waited until I was at the end of the dock up at our cottage in northern MI, and then lured the swans between me and the shore. He knew I was terrified (though I was in high school at least) and I had to yell for my mom.
Kris, I share your laughter as long as I’m not the one in pain!
“Savaged by Swans” — Zeus’ new band.
(Apollo on lyre, Hades on bass, Hephaestus on drums, Aphrodite: lead vocal)
(Hermes stays out in the hall selling shirts & CDs)
Theo, I surely hope you get paid to be on CO. If not, you deserve it!!!
For the past several years, there have been scads of swans (“scads of swans”? bear with me, it’s Monday)in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay area. I’ve always thought that they were most beautiful and graceful of birds, but that seems to be balanced out by their innately nasty temperament.
The best part: there’s a whole Flickr group of these.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/swan-cygnets-on-their-mothers-back/pool/
Let the aww’s roll. : )
The best part of the best part: Flickr calls it a “pool”.
Gosh, this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yappingjak/2533506719/in/pool-swan-cygnets-on-their-mothers-back
is a gorgeous shot.
I didn’t realize there was a secret entrance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigitogs/2442769386/in/pool-swan-cygnets-on-their-mothers-back
Heh!
ThreeCatNight, maybe the Brooklyn swans are particularly gangsta. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the Prospect Park swans kick some big dog’s tocks.
LOL’ing at you all!!!
If dinner from Bi-Rite is as good as ice cream from the Bi-Rite ice cream parlor (BESTIST) than these little goslings are very lucky waterfouls!
Next on Oprah: “I was Savaged by Swans”, with special guest Leda…
Sorry I’m late Theo: Frogger, blogger, and… clogger?
[Me Schmoop didn't get the last one either; maybe I should've just said "Cardio"... - Ed.]
Oh my gosh!!!!!! Brent they are soooo cute. do you know if they live permanently? If so i am totally coming over and seeing them.
Hi Panda. They will be there until the Babies are big enough to travel. They won’t be able to fly for 7 to 20 weeks. So they’ll be around for a little while anyway. You guys are welcome to come by and see them anytime, but we’ve only seen them around between 8:00am and 10:00am.