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!
Birdwatching
Day 154
I went bird watching with Sofie today, it was her first time ever. We bought a kid size pair of binoculars and a kid bird book and went on our way, it was so exciting, the first bird she saw all on her own was a good old red winged blackbird, check that one off the list. Next was a whole bunch of purple martins, check, canada geese and babies, check, a yellow warbler, song sparrow, a very cool baltimore oriole and this little savannah sparrow that was taking a bath in a puddle, we watched him hop around singing away, Sofie spotted him through her binoculars and was so excited to check it off her list. I was impressed that she lasted as long as she did with out losing patience, I was so happy that she enjoyed it and loved watching how she was excited over the 'ordinary' birds we saw today. I can't wait till she comes over to see all the birds at the feeders in our yard. Sofie chose the picture of the day today, I think she chose exactly the right one.
"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." -Chinese Proverb
Everything Green
Day 153
All the leaves are out on the trees and the grass is green and growing, and today's rain made it all the greener. I will let you in on a little secret, I am actually glad it is raining tonight, it gives me an excuse to go home after a long day at work, put my jammies on and cuddle up with my dogs, and not feel guilty about not getting anything done. Sometimes you need nights like that, and this is one for me.
"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." -Chinese Proverb
Field of Patterns
Day 152
It's planting season, all the farmers are out plowing up the fields, planting all kinds of food, corn, beans, wheat, cabbage all kinds of stuff. Right now when the plants are tiny and just growing you can really see the patterns the rows make. It fascinates me how the rows curve and follow the obsticles in the fields, how every inch is planted, all perfectly spaced. As I drive home each day I love looking to see what has been planted and how much the little plants have grown, trying to figure out what they are. Half the time I nearly drive off the road because I'm watching the patterns change as I drive by, which I highly recommend you do, but have someone else drive, it's safer.
"Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way." -Edward de Bono
Beautiful Blue
Day 151
The blue jay is another one of those birds I am never able to get a picture of, which is odd since they are everywhere. They're also one of my favorite, I think they're so pretty with all the shades of blue, the patterns on the tail and wings are simply beautiful. For all my troubles in getting a photo of a blue jay, this one was totally by accident. I had stopped alongside the road to take a different photo and spotted this bird in a tree, I was able to switch lenses while keeping an eye on it. I watched it for a minute and go figure it flew down and landed on the side of the road right across from me, I took a few shots and off it flew up into the trees. I think this particular bird was posing for me, it wanted to show off it's awesome colors.
"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears." -Edgar Allan Poe
Rain Rain
Day 150
So to say it was raining at lunch time today would be an understatement, it was a thunderstorm of epic proportions, I mean the sky was green, that can't be good. I was going to lunch with my brother but we didn't make it, we ended up heading into rain so hard you couldn't see. It was awesome, we ended up sitting in the car waiting for it to let up, so of course I had nothing to do but take pictures of the rain. So that is how I came upon the flags in the rain drops, I was actually trying to get a pic of the flag whipping in the wind and rain, but through the windshield, because I didn't want to get wet, but the camera focused on the rain and what do you know, a cool photo!
"Weather is a great metaphor for life - sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella." -Terri Guillemets
