Day 100/365- Landing

EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens; 300mm focal length, spot metering, manual exposure, ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/3200, auto white balance, no flash

Saturday was such a beautiful day here 

on

These Nine Acres.

The sun was shining,

the temperatures were warm

but 

not too hot.

The birds were chirping,

the kids played outdoors,

the farm animals all seemed to be

happy

and

content.

I had a bit of stir craziness,

however,

since I spent much of the day indoors 

spring cleaning and organizing.

So, after dinner I took a stroll

all by myself to center my brain.

At my neighbor's Welsh pony farm

I heard a clattering of bird screeches

and my attention was drawn to a 

group of five birds...not sure what kind,

who were either playing, mating,

or settling some kind of territory fight.

They were screeching and hollering like 

nobody's business.

As they yelled at each other, they kept 

flying back and forth from tree to tree...

tree to the hill...

the hill to the barn...

and back again.  

Of course I had my camera, and luckily,

my long zoom lens handy.

I was able to catch this bird coming in for a landing.

After a while the screeching subsided

and all was back to normal.

I continued my short walk

and when I returned home, 

I was happy and content again.

Having some sort of creative outlet

paired with a physical activity like walking

does a soul 

(and body)

good.

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I almost forgot...
I just posted another free texture
over at Nine Acres Design blog
along with an example image.
Head on over and check it out!

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Weigh In:  Speaking of physical activity...did you all put on the "winter five" this year like I did?  Time to work it off!