photo of the week - jan 2, 2019

It was pouring rain as I was driving north, on my way to visit my parents for the holidays. Something caught my eye, so I looked up to see this massive hawk perched on the power line, in the wind and the rain, completely unfazed. At first I just kept driving. The last thing I wanted to do was get out of my warm, dry car to take photos in the middle of a cold, wet storm. But I had been meaning to photograph a hawk up-close for a while and so I stopped making excuses, found a place to safely turn around, and finally got the photo I was hoping for. Another reminder that good things tend to happen when we step out of our comfort zone and brave the storm. 
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"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."
-Winston Churchill