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!
Blackbird Singing
Day 94
Have you figured out yet that I like to photograph birds? Or I should say try to photograph them in interesting ways? I also fancy myself a bit of a birdwatcher, not that it's hard to find a redwing blackbird, they're everywhere, but even the ordinary birds are interesting, just like people. I love the little things birds do, but if you don't watch them for a while you never see it, for instance these birds puff up a little and show their wings so you can see the brilliant red patch when they sing, thats the best part if you listen they have a song that sounds just like a rusty gate opening. It cracks me up, they sit up in the trees and think they are the coolest bird around, I suppose to female blackbirds they might be, but I guess only another blackbird would love that song. All birds have crazy little quirks and I love to just sit and watch them, at the feeder, in the water or even just out in the yard. They all do something different, from the most ordinary sparrow to the exotic tropical birds, it's the best part of birdwatching, not only seeing the birds but watching what they do, with what they are given.
"Use the talents you possess-for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best."
-Henry Van Dyke
Tiny Sunrises
Day 93
Can you tell what this is? It's a zillion tiny sunrises reflected in the dew on my car windshield this morning. When I got in my car I thought that the sun looked cool through the foggy dew covered window, so while I waited for the car to warm up a little I snapped exactly three frames and went to work. I completely forgot I even took them, imagine my surprise when I looked and realized you could see the sun reflected in each and everyone of the drops, yes they are all upside down but still cool! That teaches me for being a bit grumbly because the whole weekend was cloudy and we didn't see the sun at all, it shows that God has a sense of humor, He showed me, I photographed more sunrises in this one picture than I probably have in my whole life.
"The sun is but a morning star." -Henry David Thoreau
Rainy and Green
Day 92
Even though it's been cold and rainy these past couple of days everything has turned green, the most vivid bright greens I've ever seen, it's refreshing. The only problem when it's cold and wet out is that you don't feel like actually getting up and going out in it, but I did anyway. I found a spot along the road, got out and started to walk around a little to see if there was anything near by, the only thing was a creek but it didn't look like much, it had started to rain so I headed to the car, that's when I noticed all the green along the road. I became so interested in looking at the small new green weeds (probably poison ivy!) that I didn't realize it was raining harder, I was oblivious, it wasn't till I couldn't see because my glasses were wet and foggy that I figured I'd better get in the car and go home to dry off. i love how rich everything looks on days like today, the dirt is a deep brown, the greens so vibrant it made a dark and dreary weekend a little nicer.
"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bright Blue
Day 91
The bluebird is another bird I haven't seen around much, they're kind of little and like to live in certain kinds of houses, so they don't live in my neighborhood. But they do live down by the lake at the state park, and until today I'd never seen them there. But for some reason, they were all I could see, their blue bodies were so bright you couldn't miss them. Their color is so blue, it looks fake, I mean how many bright blue things do you see in nature? Not many, right? And now that I know where these little guys live, I'll stalk them all summer!
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back." -Henry David Thoreau
Cuteness
Day 90
It was cold out today, nice and sunny but cold, at lunch I think it was only 40. I saw these little white flowers were all around the base of a tree and I needed a picture for today so I got out of my car to take a look, I noticed something about them, only the ones that faced the sun were the ones open all the way, the others that were facing away from the sun or in the shade were closed up tight, they were so cute, they looked like they were trying to keep warm in the cool breeze. But, I liked the open ones, with their little yellow centers, they looked so cheery, their little faces looking up to the sun for warmth. I have no idea what they're called, if anyone knows let me know, but it really doesn't matter, I enjoy them just for their cuteness.
"Flowers are happy things." -P G Wodehouse
