The snow shovels are getting a workout this month as more snow fell again today. Some of the roads looked like this railroad track with only a single set of tracks cutting through the snow covered road.
On Track for More Snow
Picture of the Day for December 12, 2019
Snow fell again today as winter is making itself felt as the daylight continue to get shorter. Some of my ash seed pods are still hanging on and they haven’t quite given up its hold on autumn.
Seed Pods in White
Picture of the Day for December 11, 2019
The sun was out today but it was one of those chilly winter days with sub-zero temperatures so there are no bright sunny flowers to be found like on a summer day a half year ago.
Sunny Yellow Daylilies
Picture of the Day for December 10, 2019
According to the Wisconsin State Historical Marker found in Port Wing, expanding logging operations increased the number of students more than small log schoolhouses could handle. A idea of consolidating the rural districts and establishing a larger school with free transportation was proposed and a new school district was completed in January 1903.
The marker states, “So far as is known, this was the first school district in Wisconsin to provide free, tax-supported transportation. Canvas covered horse drawn wagons or sleighs, known as “school rigs” were used for this purpose.”
This school bus might not be very warm in the sub-zero temperatures but it would have been better than walking in the cold wind.
Wisconsin’s First School Bus
Picture of the Day for December 9, 2019
Some of the drifts created by today’s new snowfall reminded me of a sandy beach, but with the temperatures dropping below zero, it would be more pleasurable to walk on a warm beach than across snowdrifts.
Au Train Beach
Picture of the Day for December 8, 2019
This white church blends into the white snow after nearly two feet of snow and more snow is on the way, but it makes a pretty scene (if you don’t have to shovel a path to the door).
Church in the Snow
Picture of the Day for December 7, 2019
With ice forming in the harbors along Lake Superior, very few sailboats are still in the water as the cold winter weather is settling in for the long haul. This sailboat wasn’t too far away from a 1909 shipwreck. And on this day in 1941, many ships were sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sailing on Lake Superior
Picture of the Day for December 6, 2019
There was blue skies and white to be found today, but the white snow doesn’t have a pretty fragrance nor was it as warm out as when these wild plums were blooming in the spring.
Wild Plum Blossoms
Picture of the Day for December 5, 2019
Some of the snow has fallen off the trees, revealing more green again but other than the pine trees, some brown oak leaves, and the orange glow from the sunset on the snow, there isn’t a lot of color to see on the white landscape. There are no bright colorful flowers with green grasshopper coated in yellow pollen to be found around here in the winter.
Grasshopper in Lily
Picture of the Day for December 4, 2019
The above freezing temperature and the sunshine today helped to melt some of the ice, but it also created more ice as the snow began to drip forming new icicles.
Snow Icicles
