Roadside Scene, Pickens County, South Carolina

Glassy Mountain in Pickens County, SC is hidden by the tree.

--Lannie

Elegant roadside swans, etc. 

 

That's what I like about the South.

 

--Lannie

The swan is so far to the left edge that it appears gawky rather than elegant but it's just that detail that - for me at least and I may be quite alone in my opinion - gives the photo its sense of quirky individualism. There is nothing idealized here. It's life as lived and encountered.