mid-winter…swans

"Today marks the midpoint of meteorological winter, which doesn't have the good sense to follow the calendar. And we've picked up nearly half an hour of daylight since the Winter Solstice; almost an hour by the end of January. Woo hoo!" (Paul Douglas, meteorologist)

I can't believe that we are at the midpoint of winter - it seems like it has gone on forever already and we have a good 2 1/2 months left! Yesterday, we took a break on our drive home and stopped to see the wintering swans along the Mississippi river in Monticello, MN. Hope you enjoy these shots - I didn't take as many as previous years cause there was a freezing cold wind blowing. That is probably why the majority of the swans have their heads buried in their wings!