The front river otter almost looks like he is sticking his tongue out at me even if he isn’t. It is always fun to watch the otters in the rare times that I see them.
River Otters
Picture of the Day for August 22, 2022
I miss seeing the Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid that grew a couple of years near my pond and I keep hoping that a new plant will appear. The blossoms seems like they are dancing and enjoying the day.
Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid Blossoms
Picture of the Day for August 21, 2022
People might take a boat ride on a nice Sunday summer afternoon around the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin, including Long Island even though it is no longer an island, but is now part of a peninsula that stretches nearly eight miles out into Lake Superior, creating a natural breakwater for Chequamegon Bay. At the end of Long Island is the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse, which is a square, white steel room sitting on steel legs and is topped by an octagonal lantern with a red roof that was first lit in 1897.
Chequamegon Point Lighthouse
Picture of the Day for August 20, 2022
The hippodrome was an ancient Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. But under the roof of the hippodrome at Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin, the race was moving from various musical instruments to play a musical medley called “Stairway to Gilligan’s Island”. Some of the novelty instruments include a pneumatic air calliope used on Barnum & Bailey Circus, Deagan Organ Chimes, rub chimes, sleigh bells, Deagan Una Fon, Gavioli Band Organ, as well as bottles and bells.
Circus World Music Show
Picture of the Day for August 19, 2022
On a recent road trip, there were numerous sightings of deer on or near the road. This fawn was in the road, but it ran to one side of the road while its sibling and mother ran to the opposite ditch. I’m sure it was glad when I left so that it could rejoin its family.
Fawn Waiting
Picture of the Day for August 18, 2022
The morning rain created some water puddles and I watched a big crow enjoying a temporary water bath. The butterflies, like this Giant Swallowtail, also seem to like the moist soil after a long dry spell.
Giant Swallowtail
Picture of the Day for August 17, 2022
At the end of some frilly green leaves, a splash of pink color of the yarrow displays in the late summer sun.
Pink and Green
Picture of the Day for August 16, 2022
While the quiet stream today looks peaceful, in the past the rushing water had power to cut a deep gorge in the rocks. Sections of the stream cuts under the cliff which eventually will cause more huge boulders to fall as seen downstream.
Quiet Stream Under Cliff
Picture of the Day for August 15, 2022
Reaching a waterfall may be a short hike from a parking lot, or a very long hike and even a walk that involves crossing a stream several times. And while a hike to Twin Falls isn’t that long, it does require getting your feet wet if you are unable to hop across the rocks. And even if you manage not to slip off a rock and keep your feet dry, it is sometimes easier to walk upstream in the water than climbing around boulders as you near the falls.
Crossing Larson Creek
Picture of the Day for August 14, 2022
The weather is nice today, but I’m not sure I would climb the bell towers at Holy Hill during a thunderstorm. The third and present church on the site was completed 1931. A diary found, which dated to 1676, described how the author dedicated the hill to Jesus’s mother Mary after making a stone altar and raising a cross, which corresponds with the late 1600s Jesuit missionary work in the area. Holy Hill Basilica and National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christian is located in southeast Wisconsin.
Third Church on Holy Hill
