Thursday, November 29, 2012

Portsmouth, England, UK

A pair of mute swans, perhaps a cob and a pen (it's hard to tell), glide through the tranquil waters of a Southsea lake. Swans occur and re-occur as iconic images across northern Europe.  What makes them so popular as subjects of fairy tales, love stories, heraldry and . . . amusement parks?  [2011]

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