Continuing sunny

Happily, the mellow weather from yesterday afternoon didn't completely disappear during the night. It didn't get as warm today, but the sun was out and not too much wind for our runs or our ride up to Leiden this afternoon. I notice the bird life seeming more numerous, certainly the cow pastures along where we run have a lot of swans. The swans stay here all winter but they seem to be looking more like settling in preparation for cygnets arriving in the spring. We have a couple of mating pairs that we've observed over the years and it's nice to see them continuing to produce offspring; I think one pair had nine young last year, those parents have to be pretty good watchers with that many!

Our bike ride to Leiden was uneventful, though we did see a couple photo-worthy items, so Mike used his phone and took the following shots. Enjoy and may your weekends be sunny too!

Click on the photo so it gets bigger and you will see a cute little pony getting its exercise.

Who knew my bikes' tires were so big, but the shadow seems to indicate I'm on one of those turn of the last century two-wheelers!

This is a nice area for biking, walking, jogging, horse riding, etc., no motorized vehicles other than the occasional scooter goes through here.

Just a random canal in Leiden, but someone's going to have a hard time getting their boat mobile again!