These stone petals might be too heavy to blow away like many tree leaves did today, but this “flower” didn’t survive the bigger waves.
Rock Flower
Picture of the Day for September 27, 2020
The leaves are turning color but the weather was dark and cloudy so not a nice day for an autumn Sunday drive for leaf peeping, so hopefully the sun will come out before all leaves fall off the trees. Last October, these tree shone with their fall colors during a walk through the woods.
Autumn Woods
Picture of the Day for September 26, 2020
There wasn’t for sunshine today, so the blossoms of the tansy would have to provide the yellow color. Common tansy is another invasive plant from Europe and Asia which forms a dense cover and outcompete native plants as well as being toxic to humans and livestock when eaten. Tansy has a long history of uses like medicinal and an insect repellent.
Common Tansy
Picture of the Day for September 25, 2020
Whenever I am on a rocky beach, my eyes look for that special pretty rock. And when I reached for this odd marking rock, a wave came in and spun the “rock” around. I realized my rock wasn’t a stone, but a baby turtle instead. And it would get brave enough to stick its head out about the time another wave put him in the spin cycle again. Finally it managed to get out of the reach of the waves as it crawled away from the water across this Lake Superior beach.
Turtle Not a Rock
Turtle Beach Stroll
Here is part of the turtle’s journey across the beach.
Picture of the Day for September 24, 2020
After the main cascading section of Siskiwit Falls, this little drop is a peaceful spot to listen to the water rushing by on its way to empty into Lake Superior.
Siskiwit River
Picture of the Day for September 23, 2020
Those dang Asian lady beetles have returned in full force and some were biting me when I was picking apples today. I prefer other types of insects, like this poor dragonfly that would get swamped by water when a wave rolled in but somehow it managed to hang onto the rock.
Wet Dragonfly
Picture of the Day for September 22, 2020
The first day of autumn does have areas of the state showing colorful foliage already even if the peak fall foliage may be several weeks away.
Autumn Starts
Picture of the Day for September 21, 2020
I think this might have been the first time this dog was at the beach as it didn’t seem to know what to do about the waves coming as it would jump back very quickly when ever a larger wave rolled in.
Dog Visiting Beach
Picture of the Day for September 20, 2020
Hopefully today’s wind didn’t blow a lot of petals off these pretty hydrangea blossoms.
Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea
Picture of the Day for September 19, 2020
On a rocky beach, some times I see stacks of little rocks but this stack of balanced rocks were bigger ones that I wouldn’t have wanted to lift and hope it doesn’t fall on anyone’s toes. To me, it looks like the Disney’s robot WALL-E character.
Rock Character
