There once was an ugly duck. A very ugly duck.
You know the story. There’s an ugly duckling which turns into a swan. I don’t need to go all Hans Christian Andersen on you, do I?
Here on Madeira we have an inverted fairy tale. There are beautiful ducklings:
And they turn into this:
It’s a Muscovy Duck and it’s meant to be in Mexico.
Before you tell me I’ve saturated the colours too much and that blue looks artificial, it is. It’s an out of focus blue car in the distance.
It’s delightful to see them waddling in the clover. It’s just a shame my trousers are getting wet and my neck’s aching from lying here.
This one’s playing hide and seek.
This is the life they have to look forward to:
Let’s enjoy them while we can.
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