Monday Sky 12-07-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Monday.  Sometimes, on Mondays especially, the days seem very hard.  It is, after all Monday and that's why Mondays are famous.  At some point on that very hard day, you might want to just take a moment to walk outside.   That time might also coincide with the end of the day.  Sometimes the best of the day is the end of the day.  Sometimes all you need to do is take a deep breath and look up - like now.    There's a saying, "When all else fails, look up".  I like that saying.  I use it, I practice it.  Now that you know the saying, feel free to use it for yourself.

I hope you had a wonderful Monday.  I hope you had a chance to look up at the sky today.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Sunday's Attending Cow Bird 12-06-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Sunday.  This Sunday, our parking lot attendant is what appears to be a Brown Headed Cow Bird.  This bird is actually known as a "brood parasite".   They don't build nests, the female just lays her eggs in other birds' nests and the other birds raise them.  The male and female Cow Birds enjoy multiple partners with no apparent consequences.  But then again, they don't get the joy and sense of accomplishment in raising their own.  I guess it won't hurt them to be a parking lot attendant once in a while - even better if it's in a church parking lot.  Ha

I hope you had a great Sunday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Saturday's Scarlet 12-05-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Saturday,  I wanted to bring you today, a Scarlet Ibis that I found at the Aviary in the Asheboro Zoo in North Carolina.  This Ibis appears on the lookout.  The Scarlet Ibis is the national bird of Tobago and Trinidad.  While mostly found in South America, you can view this one and others like it at many zoos around the country.  You can find out more about this beautiful bird at http://www.birds.com/species/p-t/scarlet-ibis.  

I hope you had a sensational Saturday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Friday Fishing and Wishing 12-4-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Friday.  This looks like a good place to fish.  This Friday, I am wishing I was at this place fishing.  I could fish, and whistle and take photographs.  I could relax.  One day, some day....

In the meantime, when I can't go fishing, I can keep wishing.  And, since I alrready have this photograph, and my memory, I can visualize myself on that dock doing what I want to do rather than doing what I have to do.  One day.

What is it that you dream of doing "one day"?  

I hope you had a fabulous Friday.  Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Thursday's Azalea 12-3-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Thursday.  Today I have another flower - azalea - that shouldn't bloom during this time of year.  That's ok by me.  I am going to be grateful and enjoy my unexpected blessing.
After all, I've been told we should find at least three things that we're grateful for every day.  That way we never have a bad day.

I'm sharing one of my three good things with you.  I hope maybe it will become one of your grateful things today as well.  If not, well that's ok.  At least you looked,  Oh wait, your looking makes me have another thing to be grateful for today!

I hope you had a great Thursday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Wednesday's Winding Water 12-2-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Wednesday.  Look what you can see from a pull-over spot on Highway 64 near Highlands, NC.    Please be careful - Highway 64 is very curvy, with little room for error and the driver really needs to pay attention to the road, so make sure you have a great passenger to navigate your adventures.  On one of your stops you may see this winding river mimicking your own drive.  Could this be the design idea for the road you're on?  Hmmmm, possibly.  It seems everyone likes curves.

I hope you had a wonderful Wednesday.  Enjoy life's ride.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Tuesday Duo 12-01-15

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Tuesday.   Today is also the first day of December.  Can you believe my camellias are still blooming.  Yes, this is the same bush that I showed you a couple of weeks ago.  I have four other Camellia bushes, but this is the only one in bloom - and it's a long bloom time if you ask me.   I'm enjoying the heck out of it because I don't have to go any further than my front yard for great photo opportunities.  Yay me!  Gratitude is my attitude for this day.  

What are you grateful for today?  Did you see some pretty flowers?  Did someone give you a compliment?  Did you get a check in the mail?  There's something good in every day, isn't there?

I hope you had a gratifying Monday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.