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!
Tiny Sparrow
Day 99
Sparrows are everywhere, they're ordinary little brown birds, they're the birds that come to your feeder and eat all the food before the 'cute' birds get any. But if you take the time to look at them you notice that there are actually different kinds, their patterns are different and some even have color other than brown. I watched this little song sparrow for a while today, he was flitting around the little bushes chirping and singing away. I love the pattern of his feathers and how it really does camouflage him in that bush, I heard him thats the only way I was able to find him, he blended in to the surroundings so perfectly. People probably wonder why I bother to take photos of 'regular' birds, well just look at the little thing, look at the tiny feathers making the intricate patterns, each color is there for a purpose, if this bird lived in Florida I bet his pattern would be different. It's a marvel how God provided birds with beautiful feather patterns for their protection, and our pleasure and enjoyment.
"Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God." -Luke 12:6
The Birds
Day 98
Well I had some computer problems tonight, and now it is very late and I am falling asleep, so instead of writing something I will leave you with a few of the photos I took today, all were at Montezuma....
A tree swallow looking for a new home for the spring, little did he know this hole in the tree is already occupied, I watched him for a while, he kept flying up to the hole taking a quick peak then flying away, after about a half dozen tries he finally gave up and off he flew to find other lodgings.
A male blue winged teal, he was hanging around with a female, it is spring after all, they were swimming back and forth snacking on whatever ducks snack on. They looked quite content, like an old married couple.
A great blue heron in all his breeding plumage, they look so regal, they have more patience than I have seen in a bird, they will just stand in the water like a statue until an unsuspecting fish swims to close then whamo, they strike!
Delicate yet Strong
Day 97
If you've ever walked into a spider web you know just how strong and sticky those invisible strings can be. But just look at the whole web, how delicate the pattern, but at the same time how strong the structure is. Yes spiders are creepy as anything but what they create is strangely beautiful, the straight lines making a spiral like pattern. Just imagine that spider zipping around spinning it's web in hopes of catching dinner, I know it creeps me out too, but they are fascinating to look at aren't they? Except when you walk into one and they end up in your hair...
"Why is it when you run into a spider web, you suddenly turn into a ninja?" -Author Unknown
The Shadows
Day 96
I like patterns, I like the way the trees are vertical and the diagonal patterns the shadows make, this little stand of trees caught my eye as I was driving by so I had to turn around to take a photo. I love the way the sun shines through the trees making the shadows fall down the hill like they are liquid. It's interesting to me to think that if the leaves were out on all these trees these patterns wouldn't be there, in fact this might be the only day they look like this since everyday something changes. The trees grow, the leaves come out, the grass grows, the angle of the sun changes...everything changes. It's crazy to think about, capturing something on 'film' that you might not ever see again. It's the best part of taking pictures, capturing a moment in time.
"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." -Bertold Brecht
The Other Side of Sunset
Day 95
Instead of taking a photo of the sunset tonight, I turned around, this is what I saw, the moonrise. The sky was a beautiful blue and the almost full moon stood out like a gem floating in the sky. I try to remember to look at the other side of things when taking pictures, to look away from what the main focus is, there is usually something equally as interesting if not more, away from the main action. A lot of my photos are a result of this, I see something and take a photo, then on the way back to the car I see something else out of the corner of my eye and usually that's the picture I use for the day. There are a lot of things to see in the world, small things that you have to pay attention to or you will miss them.
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." -Mother Teresa
