It may be up to 50 today, but with the misty, cloudy day, it doesn’t feel too warm out. And there are no blooming flowers yet to see to add any bright spots on the landscape.
No Daffodils Yet
Picture of the Day for March 5, 2017
With a very cloudy start to the day, I don’t know if there will be a chance for the sun to peek out at all and probably not by sunset with rain moving in overnight.
Finding a Winter Sunset
Picture of the Day for March 4, 2017
I think there needs to be some crossing gates, like for a railroad, on the side road for a critter crossing. Instead of a deer crossing the road coming home from church this evening, there were close to three dozen turkeys strung across the road in the same spot and it took a while for them all to get across.
Turkey Crossing
Picture of the Day for March 3, 2017
The poor squirrel tail looks a bit wet, just like my shoes, from venturing across the snow to the next small patch of open grass (and to my bird feeder).
Wet Tail
Picture of the Day for March 2, 2017
The weather hasn’t made up its mind if it is winter or spring. The new layer of snow this morning and the cold wind made it feel more like winter again but this weekend is supposedly will be warmer again to work at melting the snow again.
Marsh Moving Towards Spring
Picture of the Day for March 1, 2017
It was hard to decide if March came in like a lion or a lamb since there wasn’t sub-zero freezing temperatures, but the wind was blowing the new snow causing drifts across the road. But since weather could have been worse, I guess it was more of a lamb than a lion.
In Like A Lamb
Picture of the Day for February 28, 2017
They say “April showers bring May flowers” but February showers may bring ice, if some rain moves in later tonight with temperatures below freezing.
Springtime Bloodroots
Picture of the Day for February 27, 2017
After the new snow, I saw a lot of deer tracks across my lawn and the last several nights, I have heard them walking through the woods after the dark. But it is hard to take a picture of them in dark in addition to it being cold outside to try to wait for them to come into view, so it is easier to capture them in the summer time.
Deer Venturing Out
Picture of the Day for February 26, 2017
The sun melted a little snow, forming a thin layer of water on top of the ice on my pond, which caught the color of the setting sun.
Icy Sunset Reflection
Picture of the Day for February 25, 2017
Today marks 175th birthday of ‘America’s Bravest Woman’. Ida Lewis was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the sea. Her family moved to the Lime Rock Light in Rhode Island in 1857. She helped maintain the Lime Rock Light after her father became ill and eventually was the keeper after both parents died. Lewis made her first rescue in 1854 when she was 12 years old and she made her last recorded rescue when she was 63. During her 54 years on Lime Rock, she is credited with saving 18 lives although unofficial reports suggest the number may have been as high as 25. On July 16, 1881, she was awarded the rare, and prestigious, Gold Lifesaving Medal from the United States government, for her daring rescue on February 4, 1881, of two soldiers.
In 1924 the Rhode Island legislature officially changed the name of Lime Rock to Ida Lewis Rock. The lighthouse service changed the name of the Lime Rock Lighthouse to the Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse—the only such honor ever paid to a keeper in the United States.
The Lime Rock / Ida Lewis Lighthouse doesn’t catch your eye as a lighthouse, as the beacon is on the side of the wall and is not seen above the roof. The Eagle River Lighthouse in Michigan is another lighthouse which is often overlooked, even though the beacon is above the roof, but it blends in with other houses on the water edge.
Eagle River Lighthouse
