The Photo A Day project is 49 days old today, and all is going well...so far. There have been a few days that have been quite a challenge! The weather has been...well...gray. Gray sky, gray trees, gray ground! There has been more rain this year than snow but all in all, so far, a success.

Today as I ran a few errands I had my camera with me, as has become my habit, but didn't see anything interesting, I was hoping the sun would come out if only for a few minutes, so after a stop at home back out I went. Not far from the house I found a bunch of snow geese resting in a field, I jumped out of the car to get a few snaps. As I stood in the wind along the road, I noticed every few minutes a group would take off, float in the wind and then land again, an intricate aerial ballet...

I watched and marveled at how they used the wind to their advantage, while at the same time I stood struggling against the very same wind. After taking a few photos I took a moment to just observe. I wondered why they would just randomly take off and land, how did they not bump into each other, and why did they all choose this field out of the all the other fields in the area?  As I pondered the mysteries of snow geese, I noticed over a little ridge a whole mess of geese took flight...

For the next few moments I was treated to an awesome sight, what had to be ten thousand geese taking off en masse, it was one of the most powerful things I have ever seen. The sound of their wings beating through the air was deafening, their honking incredible.

I am so glad a divine force led me down that random country road, so that I could witness a bunch of birds, in a field, changing an ordinary gray winter day into a day that I will never forget.