Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

I love to get out and drive, and drive, and get lost.  When I am lost it feels like I am in a new world where everything I see is brand new.  I feel like a kid and all of the wonderment of the world is open to exploration.  I usually drive alone, and slow, and get lost in my thoughts, and I find it extremely relaxing (I feel sorry for the people driving behind me on those one-lane roads though, I can feel them breathing down my neck.)  I have to tell you the truth, sometimes I don't find anything on my drives, or if I do, the light is not right and I will jot it down in my notepad and come back another day.  It's not always about the pictures, but more about me being at peace with the world.  I get into a zen like state and everything else goes dark.

Today while driving I spotted a body of water and it seemed like a pretty big one.  I followed the road and came upon a cove where you could park.  It seemed to be a pretty big lake/pond but I never saw a sign for it.  There was a sign attached to tree and it said "please pay before you fish," and since I wasn't fishing I figured it was all game and I really wouldn't have known who to pay any way because there were really no houses around.  The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon and I set up in a perfect spot as the sun was setting.

Here is the image I had time to work on before my time was up to post my image for the day 3/365.  It is an shot composed of 3 exposures (0, +1, and -1.)  I merged them together in my HDR Efex pro from Nik Software.  I don't usually push it too far in my HDR, it just helps me get all of the tones from the scene.  Hope y'all enjoy.