Mother of All Cheescakes

Mother of All Cheescakes, a set on Flickr.

Made this for Katerina's birthday. She said she was happy when she heard the word cheesecake!
 I was happy for an excuse to use the Bourbon Pecan sauce.


Via Flickr:
The Bourbon Pecan Brown Sugar Maple and Butter topping Cheesecake.
I might not have another piece of cheesecake this year.

Angelic Swan Mother taking care of 8 eggs in the city.

Angelic Swan Mother taking care of 8 eggs in the city., a photo by chloe & ivan on Flickr.

Our Mother Swan with 8 eggs and the river rising.

Checking on our Swan Mother in the evening

All seemed well.  The Father Swan was not around tonight, but the friendly duck couple was there with her.
I had walked in a different way to take pictures.
I found this on the ground near the river

Is it a Killdeer eggshell?

The Mother Swan nestled in for the night.
Do you see the ducks in the water nearby?    
Goodnight, Swan.  ♥Chloe

Swan eggs in the city

The swan mother carefully tucked in her eggs.
She had gotten up to groom herself and stretch her legs.

Beautiful Easter eggs in the swan nest.
This swan lives in the city.  There is duct tape and styrofoam and plastic litter in her nest.

While the Mother swan was taking a break, the Father swan guarded the eggs.
A Father duck was helping guard the eggs, too.  The Mallard and his mate are there all the time.

The Mother Swan settled herself back on the nest and put her beak under her wing.   She had counted her eggs, and made sure that each one was covered. The Father Swan watched over her from the river nearby.

The Father Swan swimming near the nest in the evening.
Good night, Swans.  ♥Chloe

Brave swan mother in the city

You have to look close to see her, she is hidden.  

She has made her nest in a gritty place,
noisy and full of litter and the debris of Winter.
She is huge and dirty, not a storybook swan.
She has used the litter around her as part of her nest.
The ducks stop by to visit.  .

She raises her head to acknowledge the ducks, who are sweet and inquisitive.

Soon there those branches will bud, and the new leaves will provide shade and camouflage for her
as she patiently sits on her eggs.
I will come and see her again soon.   ♥Chloe

Spring

Back at home

Back at home, a photo by chloe & ivan on Flickr.

Shock to the system to arrive in the cold and grey from sunny Florida.
Ordered potatoes and cabbage and bacon at AS220. Thet's a deep Winter combination.
Working on the pictures from Florida, there are a lot of them!