{"id":8955,"date":"2017-04-17T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.com\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2017-04-17T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T23:15:30","slug":"weekly-photo-challenge-surprise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=8955","title":{"rendered":"Weekly photo challenge: Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Easter Sunday. Perfect weather. All I needed was coffee and water. The former to drink, the latter to gaze on. With most caf\u00e9s closed for the public holy-day, I walked for some time through the town of Queanbeyan before finding the open doors of the Central Caf\u00e9 with its sign written in Coca-Cola calligraphy. Now with my take-away coffee and cake I headed for the Queanbeyan River where the grass is lush and even and green, a rare treat.<\/p>\n

Down on my haunches beside the water, I was quietly photographing ducks when they spotted me and all began swimming my way. I tried to focus on one or two individuals, keeping the camera and myself still as still. Suddenly there was a loud flapping and sploshing of water, but I didn’t allow myself to be distracted from the task at hand. Then the image on my camera screen changed as a huge dark bird came in from the right. Without moving, I clicked several times until the splashing stopped. When I looked up, a black swan was coming to rest amid the froth of disturbed water.<\/p>\n

Quelle surprise!<\/p>\n

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Thanks WordPress for the photo challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Easter Sunday. Perfect weather. All I needed was coffee and water. The former to drink, the latter to gaze on. With most caf\u00e9s closed for the public holy-day, I walked for some time through the town of Queanbeyan before finding the open doors of the Central Caf\u00e9 with its sign written in Coca-Cola calligraphy. … <\/p>\n

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