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!
Rainy Sunday
Day 274
Well today was what you call a lousy day, it wasn't supposed to rain till late this afternoon, so of course it started at 930am and didn't stop. And to add to the fun, it was cold, so cold and wet...perfect. I didn't feel like going out so I walked out to the front yard and took a picture of the tree and the rain on the leaves, at least they are a pretty red right now and the grass is green making a nice background. So I guess it just proves that there is a picture any where you want one to be, even on a wet dreary fall day.
"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." -Langston Hughes
Surprise!
Day 273
Once again I was surprised by my own photo when I got home and downloaded the images. I saw this bird sitting in an dead tree and stopped and took some photos, I watched it for a while because hawks are my favorite type of bird. I watched this one, and every once in a while it would look at me, the tree it was in wasn't all that big so I could get a pretty good shot. I decided to wait a bit to see if it would take off, or spread it's wings just to make the shot more interesting, I didn't have to wait too long, off it went, and for once I thought I had actually gotten a picture that was in focus, but I had no idea what kind of bird it was, I figured I would look it up when I got home and could compare my photo to the pictures and descriptions in my bird book, that and I had forgotten the book at home so I would have to wait anyway. I thought it would be an ordinary old hawk, one of the ones that frequent our area but once I looked it up I found out it was a peregrine falcon, a bird I have never seen before, I was pleasantly surprised, I love it when I can add a bird to my life list, especially when I didn't expect it.
"Sometime I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."-Ansel Adams
Red
Day 272
It rained all day, or I should say it misted all day and rained a little. It was like we were inside a cloud. So it was nice to see the colors of the leaves on the way home, at least it wasn't a total gray out. When I got home there were some leaves falling on the driveway and I noticed this red one, and I mean it was red, I find it amazing that a leaf that was green just a few days ago can turn this red, it's magic I think. There were all these red and red yellow leaves on the driveway looking like festive polka dots...but I repeat, I'm glad I don't have to rake them up, I mean they are pretty and all but not that pretty that I want to rake them!
"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." -Elizabeth Lawrence
Oreos?
Day 271
Well as is the norm I was running late for work this morning, and also as is the norm I saw at least 3 different things I wanted to stop and take a picture of for the photo of the day...and I couldn't. I know I could have left home a little earlier but I say that wouldn't matter, because what I saw only happened when I saw it, if I had gone by that spot any earlier, or later for that matter, it wouldn't have been the same. I was quite disappointed in myself, I think I should have stopped, I mean work is work and all that blah, but I did the right thing and continued on. I also hoped I didn't miss all my chances for photos today, I hoped there was one more left in the day. So how happy was I when I went by and saw these cows, they are out all the time but no where near the road where you can get a good look at them, aren't they cool? I mean come on, they look like HUGE Oreo cookies!
"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
First Colors
Day 270
The trees are just starting to turn colors around here, at first I thought that the colors wouldn't be too pretty because of the dry summer, but I think it will be a nice fall after all. I especially like it if it rains just a little, it brightens the colors and makes everything look like they are light from within, like they are plugged in and burning with a soft glow. Yes I think it will be a nice fall after all.
"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all." -Stanley Horowitz
