{"id":43245,"date":"2016-11-24T05:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=43245"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:24:10","slug":"what-i-am-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/11\/24\/what-i-am-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Am Thankful For&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-174456 size-full\" title=\"Snow covered Farmington Bay and the Oquirrh Mountains, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145.jpg\" alt=\"Snow covered Farmington Bay and the Oquirrh Mountains, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27454%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20454%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27454%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145-200x101.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145-400x202.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145-540x272.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145-600x303.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Snow covered Farmington Bay and the Oquirrh Mountains &#8211; Nikon D300, f10, 1\/800, ISO 320, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 60mm, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for my family, my chosen family, my friends, and for all of you who view my posts daily.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful for a roof over my head, food in my belly, for the heat that keeps me warm, and for clean water.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for living as long as I have and for being able to live my life the way I want to and to be able to pursue my passion of bird, wildlife, and nature photography.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful that there are still wild places for me to explore and be enchanted by and connected to.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for the snow on the ground this morning because it makes it feel more &#8220;Thanksgivingish&#8221; to me.<\/p>\n<p>There is simply so much that I am thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good. 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