The Rest of the Story - "Best Day of my Life"

Best Day of My Life Series..

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.
It is not that we seize them but that they seize us.
Ashley Montagu

When I got up on this day (last Friday)I did not know it was going
to be the Best Day, but as it unfolded I was blessed no
matter where I went.
I love to photograph beauty and everywhere I was seeing
something that just needed the shutter to be pressed and
I pressed it. Maybe a little too much! You be the judge.
The first best thing I saw was my little Titmouse in a tree
above my porch.

And Jerry the cat out by the pink tulips.

On that day God gave me a Robin Redbreast preening in a tree.

As I got into my car and drove down my lane I was struck by
the beauty of the flowering trees, so I paused to snap a few
pictures.

The pink ones were just beginning to bloom.

As I pass the Veterans Home where you see the hawks
perched on phone poles from time to time, I just had
to capture the grounds. They are beautiful in the Spring,
all green and trees starting to leaf up.

A Red bud tree starting to color.

Also on the ground there is a butterfly house and a pond.
I always hope to see a heron here for the fish, but have
never caught one.

The fish are all looking for a handout.

Mr. Mallard was hiding in the taller grasses by the edge of the pond.

He made lots of ripples when he puddled away from me.

No kidding you can see as many as 15 groundhogs in these
fields in the summer. I interrupted two together doing what I
don't know. It's Spring, let me guess! ha

Wow! Now there is a Killdeer right within two feet of the
car. I get him looking right at me. It's early
morning and you can see the water beads on the
grass from the dew the night before.

Ah Ha and here is Mr. Robin perched upon a fence.
Pictures like this just make me happy.

He jumped down into the grass to 'listen' for a worm for breakfast no doubt.

Another Groundhog hurries through the field as I drive by.

In the middle of this BEST DAY is when I saw the Kestrels
at work and the Hawk at dinner. An earlier post.
Then I continued after dinner to take another little drive.
God had blessed me all day and I
just knew it was going to continue.

I went to a local park and on the way just had to snap
this beautiful pink tree.

I saw a bluebird, which always makes me happy cause
I can't get them in my backyard.

Even the silhouette of this Grackle seemed to make me all
giggly.

It was time to go home as the light was going and I had already
had a really big day....But one more stop was all I needed to make.
My friend showed me a spot where the deer usually hang
out so I headed there on the way home.

Yep! There they were just waiting on my shutter release.

When I finally arrived home I wanted to see if Mrs. Wren was
still sitting, so I poked the camera in the hole in the tank
with dark all around and flashed. Awwwww...now isn't that a
perfect ending to the Best Day of my Life! ?

Some days you go out and find nothing and then there
are the days that everything demands you to stop and
capture it!

Happiness seems made to be shared...I shared!