The sunshine and blossoming flowers brought more butterflies to the yard, like these Great Spangled Fritillaries, which are found in Wisconsin from late June through early September.
Great Spangled Fritillary
Picture of the Day for August 14, 2019
The yellow flowers, with their cheerful presence, matched the nice summer day today.
Yellow Daylily
Picture of the Day for August 13, 2019
It is hard not to smile when spotting this yellow face on a fuel barrel.
Smiley Barrel
Picture of the Day for August 12, 2019
I had a rabbit coming near my bird feeder the last few days so I don’t know if it is changing its meal choice to sunflower seeds instead of green stuff.
Summertime Bunny
Picture of the Day for August 11, 2019
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
