My husband, Michael, and I had a delicious dinner at Catfish Kitchen (legendary Kentucky Lake restaurant ) Saturday night. To be honest with you, I’m STILL thinking about the gluten free fried catfish.

It’s unspeakably delicious and I could eat it every single day if I could.

We always like to get to the restaurant a little before they open to spend some time behind the restaurant. Geese, herons, ducks, turtles… you never know for sure what friends you’ll make – but the experience is always magical.

 

The stars of the show this time were gorgeous, graceful white herons. I say they were the “stars of the show,” but to be honest,I was so enraptured with them I couldn’t take my eyes off of them. There could have been a dinosaur beside me and I’d have never known.

If you’ve read other Genuine Kentucky “Kentucky Pictures of the Day,” you’ve probably seen that I am obsessed with reflection pictures. When trees, birds, animals, or even good old-fashioned human beings are reflected in water (or glass for that matter), my amateur photographer heart skips about a hundred beats.

It’s my thing, plain and simple.

When I spied the herons beside the water, I noticed their reflections and time kind of stood still for me. I quietly took pictures as I enjoyed the beauty of the moment – but I was waiting for one thing in particular – I wanted to catch at least one in flight over the water, so I could capture the magical “flight reflection.”

These two beautiful birds were, however, most interested in fishing on the banks, so I had to wait quite a while.

Then it happened. One bird took flight over the water to the other side… and chose to do so as about 7 other old-fashioned human beings had just arrived on the scene, preventing me from moving to the best spot for the picture.

I didn’t think Murphy’s Law was allowed at Kentucky Lake! Is nothing sacred?!?

I did, however, get a couple of pictures and… yes, the beautiful “flight reflection” took my breath away.

Kentucky is such a beautiful state and affords us so many chances to have our breath taken away. Best of all, this is true spring, summer, fall, and winter – so get outside and enjoy the beauty that Kentucky and its wildlife and trees offer.

You never know what… or who… is waiting for you.