It was late in the day before the sun finally broke through the clouds and when it did, the butterflies and other insects seemed to become more active. This honey bee was busy gathering pollen on a sunflower before sunset.
Sunflower Bee
Picture of the Day for August 10, 2019
These geese look like they are trying to get lined up in formation. Maybe they heard about the parade of tall ships in Duluth tomorrow and they want to be part of the water parade festivities.
Geese Swimming Formation
Picture of the Day for August 9, 2019
The summer flowers are attracting bees and butterflies but I didn’t have my camera while mowing today so I could only watch the giant swallowtail butterfly checking out the blossoms. A few days ago the blazing star flowers were a popular spot for fritillaries and monarchs.
Summertime Monarch
Picture of the Day for August 8, 2019
The weather on this summer August was perfect for hiking miles to see waterfalls, like the High Falls on the Baptism River. And you can hike to see more waterfalls upstream and downstream from the big falls on the Baptism River if your feet has a few more steps in them.
Baptism High Falls
Picture of the Day for August 7, 2019
On August 7, 1789, the United States Congress approved an act for the “establishment and support of Lighthouse, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers.” It was two hundred years later that Congress designated August 7 as National Lighthouse Day which honors the beacon of lights found across America’s shorelines which for hundreds of years symbolized the safety for ships at sea.
National Lighthouse Day
Picture of the Day for August 6, 2019
The summer butterflies are attracted to the rose pink star shaped blossoms of the Dragon’s Blood Sedum. But as the cooler weather of fall arrives, the pink flowers will turn more red and the foliage turns a bronze red too. And since deer leave them alone, it is probably a groundcover that I should plant at my place.
Dragon’s Blood Sedum
Picture of the Day for August 5, 2019
There seems to be a sibling (and cousin) fight going on at my hummingbird feeder. I have witnessed mid-air body slams occurring between the little ruby-throated hummingbirds. It seems like they have no patience and they can’t take turns drinking at the feeder but I suppose they figure I might forget to fill it and they won’t get any. But next month they will be heading south and gone again until next spring.
Hummingbird Feeder Fight
Watch the hummingbirds fight for the spots on the feeder.
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2019
Just a few clouds in the evening can create some rays shooting upward into the sky and they quickly change with the movement of the sun and clouds.
Evening Rays
Picture of the Day for August 3, 2019
This curious month and a half old kitten named Dutch, worked its way through the flowers and managed to climb the piece of driftwood, but he was rotten tree climber and had to be rescued from several trees over his lifetime. Today would have been Dutch’s birthday if he was still living, but his memories still live on and even memories when he wasn’t such a good boy!
Little Dutch
Picture of the Day for August 2, 2019
The lawns and road ditches are showing various colors of daylilies on this warm August day and with more than 35,000 registered daylily cultivated varieties, there are a lot of pretty flowers to seek out. But that perfect blossom may disappear quickly as the name suggests, each flower lasts only one day.
Colorful Daylilies
