Welcome to the Photo a Day Project blog, where you can read about my adventures in my quest to take a photo every day for the whole year!
The Traveler
Day 149
I looked up this little bird, it's a member of the sandpiper family and is called a dunlin. It amazes me the distances that birds travel, this particular bird summers in northern Alaska to Hudson Bay and spends the winters in Florida and southward. I looked on a map, that is some serious mileage, and they make that trip with out the benefit of GPS or even a map, they do stop along the way to rest up and refuel, I spotted this one at Montezuma, wading in a shallow pool having some lunch, there were a couple others around all doing the same, they must been traveling companions. The migration of animals is one of those things that fascinates me as I imagine it does a lot of other much smarter people than myself.
"My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." -Terri Guillemets
Purple and Green
Day 148
I'm so glad there are so many different kinds of flowers, they come in handy when I don't have a lot of time and still have to get a photo for the day. I love how many different sizes and shapes and colors there are, the deep greens of the leaves and how they frame the flowers perfectly, I can't wait for the summer to see what other interesting blooms I can find.
“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” -Edna St. Vincent Millay
Family
Day 147
It was a beautiful morning today, I was up and out early heading to Montezuma, it was so beautiful out that I saw a family out for it's morning walk. A family of trumpeter swans! I didn't think they nested around here but I guess I was wrong, and so glad I was. There was a mom and a dad and five cygnets just walking along not a care in the world, as usual the mom led the way, the kids following and the dad bringing up the rear. It was funny, I don't think the kids wanted to keep walking because every time the parents stopped for even a second the little ones would sit down, right there in the middle of the road, it was a riot. I watched them for a long time, staying out of their way, wondering where they were going and why they were walking on the road instead of the grass or even swimming in the water, but they seemed to have a purpose known only to them. I was so glad I got up early and was able to see this young family out and about, it's one for the life list.
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard
Pink Peony
Day 146
Peonies are one of my most favorite flowers. I love all the delicate petals and how they fit together just so, they look like they're made out of sugar, the colors are sugary too, but my favorite are the light pink and dark pink combo flowers. My grandparents used to have peonies at their house, I loved to look at them, and to cut big bunches of them to put in vases. The only problem is they always attract a zillion tiny ants, which of course drove my grandmother crazy.
"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yellow
Day 145
This totally random photo is a product of 3 things, being hungry, being in a hurry and having a splitting allergy headache. Also if it wasn't for the yellow flowers I never would have stopped, but stop I did and noticed the yellow hydrant to go along with the flowers and presto, picture of the day. I'm so happy tomorrow's Friday and then the long weekend, now to get rid of this sinus headache and everything will be perfect.
"How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." -Vincent Van Gogh
