The mother cat is very watchful. She is either watching for mice, her kid or the approaching snow.
Watchful Mother
Picture of the Day for November 29, 2015
A month ago, the trees displayed colorful autumn colors but now the scene has changed to bare trees and snow covering the ground.
Autumn Sunday
Picture of the Day for November 28, 2015
With the temperatures getting down to 8 last night, the llamas probably appreciated their warm coats. Llamas originated in the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South American about 3 million years ago and by the end of the last ice age, the llamas were extinct in North America. But they have returned to their origin with the importation of llamas from South America.
Traveling Llamas
Picture of the Day for November 27, 2015
The shiny, sparkly glare from the water and ripply ridges of sand under the water surface is a better scene than the glare from ice and bumpy waves of snow covering the ground I saw today.
Bumpily Beach
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2015
A Thanksgiving Alphabet
T…Turkeys, tablespreads, being together,
H…Happiness and homes to protect us from all weather,
A…Aunts and uncles, a reunion in Fall,
N…Nieces and nephews, family members all!
K…Kind-hearted kin coming over for dinner,
S…Surely you’ll have fun, but you won’t get thinner!
G…Gourds and pumpkins, mouths open wide.
I…Indians and Pilgrims we remember with pride.
V…Very special times-there could even be snow.
I…Imagine what it was like at Plymouth long ago.
N…Never forget how the settlers led the way,
G…Giving thanks and blessing this special day.
Author Unknown
Table Waiting for Thanksgiving Meal
Picture of the Day for November 25, 2015
Legend has it that Pilgrims may have served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth. American recipes containing cranberries date from the early 18th century. Today some people may have been making cranberry sauce for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal. In September and October, you can see cranberry beds in Wisconsin turn to a red color as the cranberries float on the water during harvest.
Sea of Red
Picture of the Day for November 24, 2015
When the moon was rising this evening, it looked more like a sunset with the light reflecting on the clouds and ice crystals creating some color around the moon.
Colorful Moon
Picture of the Day for November 23, 2015
My path through the woods is covered in white stuff this morning – a reminder that winter is coming to stay. I rather see it green or with autumn colors, but unless I head south like the majority of birds, I guess I will have to get used to the white snow for a while again.
Autumn Path Before the Snow
Picture of the Day for November 22, 2015
The cold night made my pond rather stiff with a new layer of ice but this river flows a little too fast for ice to form overnight. The Upper Tahquamenon Falls, in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is more than 200 feet across and a drop of about 48 feet. During the late spring runoff, the river drains as much as 50,000 gallons of water per second, and while the flow was only 2,740 gallons per second in early fall when I visited the river, it was still an impressive amount of water flowing over both the upper and lower falls. The brown water comes from the tannins leached from the cedar swamps in the river drain basin.
Upper Tahquamenon Falls
Picture of the Day for November 21, 2015
Although it maybe the opening of deer hunting here, this Ring-necked Pheasant keep his head down and stay camouflaged since the pheasant hunting season is still open too.
Camouflaged Pheasant
