The lovely members of the Ponte a Serraglio swimming team have been out practising their manoeuvres on the river below my window.
Their little yellow feet and legs have to work hard to keep the routine going.
In case you were wondering, the Italian for synchronized swimming is nuoto sincronizzato.
Lovely!
By: mulino dominillo on November 17, 2013
at 6:02 pm
They are lots of fun to watch
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:07 pm
they are so funny, wonderful photographs you captured, Thank you dear Debra, love, nia
By: niasunset on November 17, 2013
at 6:04 pm
They had a definite plan that morning.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:08 pm
My friend’s daughter does nuoto sincronizzato and when I read the beginning of this post I was already wondering whether I’d be seeing a bunch of kids freezing in the river… !
By: Catherine on November 17, 2013
at 6:26 pm
The water in the river is very cold…suitable only for ducks and fish.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:04 pm
Ducks love water,for a moment I thought yellow feet,then I saw the ducks,I knew who the yellow feet are,not humans but ducks.
By: ranu802 on November 17, 2013
at 6:29 pm
I love watching our ducks on the river.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:04 pm
Cute!
By: suej on November 17, 2013
at 6:40 pm
They are cute. We have a lovely little family of ducks on the river. There is a lovely man who keeps an eye on them and feeds them through the winter.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:05 pm
There does not appear to be a post on this site
By: Travelling with Lyn on November 17, 2013
at 7:51 pm
It should be there now.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 17, 2013
at 8:05 pm
Very cute
By: Travelling with Lyn on November 17, 2013
at 8:10 pm
Great pictures of the ducks with their tails up. There must have been something very tasty down on the bottom of the river.
By: Jim & Kerry on November 17, 2013
at 8:33 pm
They were clearly focused on something good.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:05 pm
Oh that is so clever. I really do remember the ducks on the river just below your balcony. Guess they are the same families, anyway good synchronised
swimming. Like an Esther Williams film.
By: Dianne Cant on November 17, 2013
at 8:41 pm
They really did look as though they were following a plan.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:09 pm
You quack me up Deb.
By: Liz Golding on November 17, 2013
at 9:10 pm
Well said.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:10 pm
ditto Catherine – my first thought was it must be freezing at this time of the year….good one Debra
By: Raewyn on November 17, 2013
at 10:30 pm
Nice weather for ducks.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:10 pm
Ha ha x
By: Jan Fabretti on November 17, 2013
at 11:08 pm
The duck antics make me smile
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:11 pm
LOL I wonder if this is how synchronised swimming started and where they got their inspiration from? 🙂
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on November 18, 2013
at 12:57 am
It is an extremely strange sport.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:12 pm
Awesome!! This must have been thrilling to watch. Next time get out your video camera so we could be right there with you. LOL.
By: jazzytower on November 18, 2013
at 1:52 am
It was fun to watch, they don’t do it often.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:12 pm
So cute!
By: Marcia Clarke on November 18, 2013
at 2:57 am
Our ducks are very cute. They are mostly males now, the girls have flown off.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:13 pm
🙂
By: Michael Perry on November 18, 2013
at 7:40 am
Fascinating post, Debra. My mother did some synchronized swimming in college, if I remember correctly.
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
By: Kathryn McCullough on November 18, 2013
at 6:38 pm
Oops, how do they do that? I don’t think that’s what my mom did!
By: Kathryn McCullough on November 18, 2013
at 6:39 pm
Your mum would have needed feathers and webbed feet to follow their example.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:14 pm
I love it! They are a ‘quack’ team:)
By: Anonymous on November 19, 2013
at 3:09 am
That is, of course, me – Technology ‘quacks’ me up some times
By: Jan Trounce on November 19, 2013
at 3:11 am
Me too.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:15 pm
I too love watching the ducks on the river .
By: Celia Prosecchino on November 19, 2013
at 10:54 am
Everybody seems to love them at Ponte. They often have an audience.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 19, 2013
at 1:15 pm
LOL i was expecting humans…
By: Susan Heslington (@TuscanyVillages) on November 19, 2013
at 6:29 pm
It is a bit cold for that.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 20, 2013
at 6:33 am
Oh it’s such an odd sport isn’t it. I like it far better when the ducks are doing it.
By: cityhippyfarmgirl on November 19, 2013
at 9:08 pm
I’m sure it requires a lot of skill, but it is odd.
By: Debra Kolkka on November 20, 2013
at 6:34 am
Loved the ducking and diving, Debra. Ducks are so entertaining, aren’t they? 😀
By: anotherday2paradise on November 21, 2013
at 3:24 pm