| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. |
Saturday April 12, 2014. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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| THE RETURN OF THE SWANS !!! The warm and sunny weather brings out record number of residents to join the parade from the pier to the landing. |
| Swan Lake |
| Drummer and Piper to lead the parade. |
| The Parade Begins |
| More residents watch the Parade from the Swan Club |
| Oops! |
| Juliet in her hurry to return to the lake pushes too hard and turns Romeo's triumphant return to the lake into his most embarrasing entrance. |
| Take #2 |
| Romeo regains his feet and continues on. What a trooper he is! |
| The walk to the lake. |
| The return to the lake. |
| Prince Romeo and Princess Juliet return to the lake. |
| Bath Time |
| After swimming along the shore and out to the pier island, Romeo and Juliet celebrate with their traditional bath/shower. |
| Finally clean and beautiful |
| After their shower and bath the Swans swim around the island in full display.. |
| Love on the Lake |
| After the celebration at the Swan Club I returned to the pier to find Romeo courting Juliet. The courtship involves inflating the upper part of the neck, dunking their heads in the water and necking. |
| Necking |
| dunking their heads |
| Their courtship over - the swans return to the island. |