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!
Tall and Strong
Day 54
I like to go on the back roads on my drive to work, you never know what you will see, deer, turkeys, cows, horses, all kinds of animals and birds. I am most fascinated by the lone trees that are out in the middle of huge fields. Right out in the middle there will be a huge tree, how did it get there? How did that tiny seed manage to land there and not get cut down? Has it been there since farmers used horses to plow the fields? Did it provide shade for the farmer and his horses during hot summer days? I love to watch the seasons change and imagine what that tree has seen in it's time on earth, I marvel at the randomness of it all, at how that one seed took hold and never let go and grew strong and tall.
"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." -Winston Churchill
February 23~8am~temperature 25
February 23~5pm~temperature 40
Morning Sky
Day 53
I love to look at the clouds as they float in the sky changing their shape at the slightest puff of air. I have been complaining lately about the amount of clouds I have seen around here, a lot of them, every day, all day...but today, at least early this morning, the sun made an appearance, albeit for a short time, the sky was a beautiful pink and blue with the white clouds rolling in, I am glad I was up to see it before the weather turned to rain. It's important to enjoy the small bursts of color at this time of year, and to remember March and spring are right around the corner with the promise of all the brilliance that nature can bring.
Just remember...
"Everyday may not be good, but there's something good in everyday." -author unknown
Natural Patterns
Day 52
I am fascinated by patterns, especially those in nature. The way things line up and fit together so perfectly you would think they were man made. Today was another cloudy gray day so I decided to take a closer look at the things around me, I found these pine cones right outside my office window, bunches of them hanging from the trees. I marveled at how the scales lined up and fit together so perfectly, as if some divine hand placed each one on top of the next, placed them carefully and precisely, so they protected the tiny seeds inside. I read that if the scales of a pine cone are open it indicates the cone is dry, if closed, wet. This is true even for cones that have fallen to the forest floor, they are an indicator of wildfire risk, open scales, dry conditions, closed, damp. How cool is that? To be able to walk into a forest look down and be able to tell how dry or damp the forest floor is with out any mechanical instruments, only the instrument God created.
How often do we stop to take a look at something we have seen a million times? How many times have we raked up, mowed up, or stepped on a pine cone just to toss it aside with out looking at it? Next time stop to take a closer look at what nature has made for us to see, it will boggle your mind.
The Golden Hour
Day 51 - 
I would photograph the sunset every night if i could. I have photos of sunsets over the ocean, over mountains, over lakes, over fields, well, you get the idea, I love them. You see the most beautiful light, it is called 'the golden hour', everything it touches turns to gold, weeds turn into jewels, dried grass into fine feathers...
Solitude
Day 50 -Today was spent with a dear friend, shopping, chatting and of course eating. We knew I was looking for a picture so we kept our eyes open for anything interesting in our travels. Once again it was another gray day and I was grumbling about the weather, everything I saw didn't look right, 'the light isn't good' I kept saying. As we continued on, I took a few pictures here and there, but nothing looked good. Then we spotted a tree in a field and decided to stop. I got out and took some photos of this lonely tree on top of a hill, but I was still grumbling about the clouds, I just didn't like what I was seeing through the viewfinder. Then I tilted the camera up, to include the clouds, and the whole picture changed. I saw that the sky had texture and depth, it wasn't just flat milky white, I began to appreciate what the clouds brought to the day and am glad that I took the time to 'look up'.