Back in Indiana, someone sent me a link to photos of Iowa State’s two swans on a lake…that was the clincher for me…..I had to come here for graduate school!
On this spring day, just to the west of the Memorial Union, red buds adorned the rim of Lake LaVerne. I looked anxiously for the two white swans, but didn’t see them swimming.
Then as I was trying to photograph more red bud, guess what I saw?!
Two lovers, hidden under the trees, with their own little case of spring fever!
A Passion for Green 
Beautiful! LOVE our swans! Didn’t realize, though, that this is what convinced you to come to ISU… makes me love those swans even more. 🙂