Since I wasn’t dressed in orange to go out deer hunting, I stayed on my porch to view the sunrise instead of hiking pass the trees for a better angle on this very chilly morning.
Chilly November Sunrise
Picture of the Day for November 19, 2016
My late season little viola was dusted with snow overnight and it may get a little crispy in the below freezing temperature tonight.
Late Viola
Picture of the Day for November 18, 2016
The wind and rain today would not make a fun day to explore waterfalls, unless they are a drive-by waterfall like Jacobs Falls in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The last main drop before flowing into Lake Superior is twenty foot which can be seen from the car. If you are more adventurous, you can hike the trail to view more drops and slides as the creek drops 200 feet in less than a quarter mile.
Jacobs Falls
Picture of the Day for November 17, 2016
The winds of November help to disperse the milkweed seeds as they float in the air with their hair-like parachute. And there might not be any seeds left to fly after the next couple of gusty days and some of the seeds might be carried to unfriendly places and won’t be able to grow but some might find a suitable location and start a new colony of milkweed plants.
Milkweed Seeds
Picture of the Day for November 16, 2016
Looking across the barren soybean field, in the direction that I watch for northern lights, the clouds today reminded me of light rays shooting upward like the Aurora borealis .
Clouds Flaring Up
Picture of the Day for November 15, 2016
A month ago, the leaves were still displaying their autumn glory near Bond Falls, but now the leaves are off the trees but a hike is still pleasant with temperatures above normal.
Bond Falls in October
Picture of the Day for November 14, 2016
The squirrels have been busy digging holes in my lawn to bury their acorns. I guess they are like us, trying to finish all the winter preparation before the colder temps and possible snow comes this weekend.
Squirrel Burying Acorns
Picture of the Day for November 13, 2016
Tonight’s full moon appeared bigger than normal and would have appeared brighter too except it was playing hide and seek with the clouds when I was watching it. Supermoons occur on the average once in fourteen months when its orbit hits perigee at the same time, but this full moon is the closest to the earth since January 26, 1948 and the next time it will be closer is on November 25, 2034.
November Super Moon
Picture of the Day for November 12, 2016
Although the ground was white with frost this morning, some ‘flowers’ or weeds were still blooming in the chilly sunshine. Course this sow thistle in my flower bed this fall shows I didn’t do a good job of weeding this summer.
Late Fall Sow Thistle
Picture of the Day for November 11, 2016
Today on this Veterans Day, we remember all persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning—the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918.
Veterans Day
