Bella’s bill seemed closer to true color today, perhaps it’s just been a trickery of the light, which has had me confused about it (a brown bill signifies a young swan, and hers has been as orange as Buzz’s all along, but recently seemed brown, which made me wonder if perhaps it wasn’t Bella, but she’s been making the same little noises as she has since I’ve known her, so am certain it’s her. We had a sweet time, it’s starting to get a bit nippy (this day last year we had quite a bit of snow), but I sat with them even after they’d finished eating, and whispered them to sleep. Just like old times.