Day 183

Today is the half way point of my year long project, I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd last this long, I thought I'd get sick of trying to come up with something everyday. But that hasn't happened yet, I keep finding things to photograph, some things are better than others, just as some days are better than others. But most days I'm finding that I'd rather be out looking for pictures than doing most anything else, which also surprises me.

On my way home today I was looking for a photo, and saw this bird, called an American Kestrel sitting on the wires overlooking a corn field. They're a small falcon and they like to eat grasshoppers and small bugs. They're also my favorite bird because of their very cool markings and how fast they fly. I've been trying to get a photo of one for the longest time, but never have been able to, I'd try to get close enough and they'd always fly away and land just a little farther down, I'd try again and it would fly just down a little, driving me crazy. So tonight when I saw another I decided to try again, same thing happened, I'd try to get close and off it would fly. But I was able to get a little closer tonight, because of the other birds who were flying around harassing the kestrel. They were flying at the bird trying to get it to leave, they must have had their nests nearby and possibly some young birds around and they were having none of this falcon, they'd swoop in and out pecking and trying to get the falcon to leave. I was insanely lucky to get this picture of a robin trying to get the kestrel to leave, it's not a bad photo to mark the half way point of the year.

"A good snapshot stops a moment from running away."  ~Eudora Welty

Day 182

Another errand filled Saturday, not too bad though, still had time to drive around a little and look for a photo. I don't know what caught my eye about these trees all in a row, but for some reason they just stood out against the bright sky. I stopped and took a quick picture only a couple of frames and then went on my way, I had to get back to hang out by the pool with Sofie after all!

"The groves were God's first temples."  ~William Cullen Bryant

Day 181

It was a beautiful sunset, even though you couldn't actually see the sun because of the hazy clouds. But the sky still turned brilliant orange and purple, which in turn turned the lake an awesome purple. There were a bunch of boats out enjoying the evening, which is what we were doing, sitting outside in the warm breeze enjoying the end of a hectic week.

"We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create or dream."  ~Robert Coles