Two Hearts

'Two hearts believing in just one mind. Beating together till the end of time ...'
Phil Collins 

Beautiful to see the heads bobbing, both totally absorbed in each other by the lake this afternoon.

Richard the Lionheart according to legend, brought the first mute swans home from Cyprus after the Third Crusade but they were probably in England long before this. They gradually became semi-domesticated because of their ornamental value plus were a luxury food and for centuries the Crown controlled the ownership of swans through royal swanherds and courts.