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!
Whats With the Weather
Day 329
Today we had all the weather you could want, except for warm. It was windy, sunny, snowy, cloudy, did I mention snowy? After this past week which was kind of warm the wind today kind of took your breath away, even the dogs were shivering. I think it is going to be a cold winter, that does not bode well for me walking these dogs at 630 in the morning.
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -John Ruskin
Up Early
Day 328
So I was up early today, early enough to go shopping, but I didn't, I had to go to work. But since I was up so early I got ready and got out of the house in time to see this awesome sunrise over the lake. So I guess it's a good thing I didn't go stand in line to get in a store, I would have missed it...I can always go to the store but rarely am I up early enough to see the sunrise.
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." -George Washington Carver
Thanksgiving
Day 327
Today is Thanksgiving, a day to give thanks. I'm especially thankful for a lot of things, my parents, my brother and sister, my dogs and good friends. Also stuff like a warm house and comfy bed, food to eat, the beautiful blue sky today, so as I sit here in a bit of a food coma I am thankful for everything, especially the fact that the hawk in the picture took off and flew toward me and I was paying attention.
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." -Cicero
It's Been a Long Day
Day 326
So how can a day have so many hours in it? Today has been the longest day, at least 48 hours long! Maybe it's because I am looking forward to tomorrow and a day off in the middle of the week, a day built around eating. The only bummer is that I have to work on Friday, but for now I will be thankful for the day off!
"All that we behold is full of blessings." -William Wordsworth
My Favorite Movie Ever
Day 325
I was flipping around on the tv looking for something to watch and I couldn't believe it, To Kill a Mockingbird was just starting. I don't even mind that there are commercials, it's such a good movie. In fact to me it is the best movie I have seen. And as is usual the book is better, I love the book enough to have read it at least 15 times, possibly more. For a while I would read it every summer vacation. I'm not sure why I like it, there is no action, no great love story, no vampires, none of that nonsense. It is just a book about a single father trying to teach his kids about tolerance and honor. In fact that father, Atticus Finch, was voted the greatest hero of the movies of the past 100 years. He didn't need massive guns or explosions to save the world, just his principles.
"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." -Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
