Nature Picture - Week 1

For the rest of the year, I’m going to try to post a nature picture that I have personally taken.  When I take my camera with me, I usually stop to look around more and see the beauty in things that I would usually be too busy to even notice.

This first picture is one that I took a couple days ago.  I was sitting in my living room when I heard an extremely loud bird and I figured it had to be just outside.  When I looked, I realized it was an adorable little bird and I had to get a picture so I grabbed my camera and stealthily opened the window and got off one shot before it flew away.  It’s not the best quality, but I had to use zoom and, like I said, I only had one photo to choose from.  I think it’s a blue jay that isn’t fully grown due to the little tuft on the back of the head and it sounded just like the other ones that are always flying around here.

Intuition

The other day my girlfriend and I were going to pay rent and go to the store to get some groceries.  First, she nearly forgot to write the check and then she almost left it on the couch and then we almost forgot to go before we went to the store.  I had a fleeting thought that we shouldn’t go; maybe all these things happening was something telling me to wait until tomorrow.  I convinced myself that I was just being stupid though and on the way back we got pulled over.  The cop claimed that we weren’t wearing our seatbelts, which was completely crap.  We both always wear them and if anyone else is with us, the first thing we do is make sure they’re wearing them too, which any of my friends can attest to.  He gave us a huge hassle and starting complaining about the fact that the car is registered in Tennessee, but being driven here.  It’s my brother’s car though and we only brought it here because my girlfriend’s car keeps messing up and she couldn’t get to work without one.

After the whole ordeal, I realized that I definitely should have listened to that voice inside of my head, telling me not to go.  All these things were happening, screaming at me not to go, but I didn’t listen because I thought I was just being silly.  I don’t know if it was something inside of me or something watching over me, but either way, next time I will be listening to that little voice that’s warning me.