The first day of February started out sunny and it was good to see the sun but the clouds came back and swallowed the sun once more.
Clouds Swallowed the Sun
Picture of the Day for January 31, 2020
It isn’t just my imagination that it seemed rather cloudy this month in my area as the records kept at the U of M St. Paul Campus Climate Observatory documented the least amount of solar radiation for a January since the records began 1963.
Gloomy January
Picture of the Day for January 30, 2020
A few snowflakes fell this afternoon and so it was another gray day but a year ago, the last week of January was a very cold one with -55 wind chills and the high stayed below zero. This icy and snowy scene has a frigid look even with the sun out.
Chilly Ice
Picture of the Day for January 29, 2020
The clouds remained thick again today making it seem like the gray days of November instead of January but maybe the sun will shine more in February.
Gray Winter Day
Picture of the Day for January 28, 2020
The pine trees had a little coating of frost this morning as well as some snowflakes falling during the day as a reminder that winter is sticking around.
Light Frost
Picture of the Day for January 27, 2020
With all the snow on the ground, a horse drawn sleigh may be able to cut through the snow instead of a wagon. But this wagon wheel probably won’t help even after the snow has melted since too many of the spokes has disintegrated with age.
Old Spoked Wheel
Picture of the Day for January 26, 2020
Today was another cloudy January day but since it wasn’t snowing, adventurers exploring the winter landscape may have visited waterfalls, which many are beginning to ice over creating interesting frozen structures.
Frozen Siskiwit Falls
Picture of the Day for January 25, 2020
There may some adventurers who took a winter hike through the woods as the temperature neared the freezing point today, but the snow was melting some which made the paths a bit soft and slippery in spots.
Winter Hike
Picture of the Day for January 24, 2020
My crafty squirrel manages to get to the bird feeder no matter what obstacles I try to thwart his efforts and so the birds have to find other sources of food, like the seed heads of the black-eyed Susans. The goldfinch doesn’t look very golden in the winter months.
Not Golden
Picture of the Day for January 23, 2020
There was stuff flying in the air today but it wasn’t bees or insects but those snowflakes again. It will several more months before there are any blossoms for the bees to come and collect pollen from.
Collecting Pollen
