Although the day started out below freezing, it did warm briefly to 60 degrees to be able to enjoy some outdoor activities, like a hike along a cascading waterfall with the leaves turning their autumn colors.
While today was chilly with the high only 45 degrees and places in Wisconsin had some snow, the winds were calmer than yesterday’s strong gusts which created some different white in the form of waves on Lake Superior.
While walking through the woods looking up at the colored leaves as well as looking down at the red leaves already fallen, there might be another red object on the ground like these red colored toadstools.
Although it didn’t quite reach 70 degrees along the shore of Lake Superior today, the wind was lighter so serious rock hunters could wander out into the water looking for the perfect agate.
The winds were gusting more than 30 mph today around Devils Island in the Apostle Islands causing some waves on Lake Superior. Other times the waves roll in at the Herbster Beach as people wander along the beach.
The fall flowers are catching some sunshine before the colder weather returns. Yellow Toadflax or Butter-and-Eggs is another invasive species native to Europe, Siberia and Central Asia which has spread and common now in North America.
Most of the summer birds made their retreat south before the freezing temperatures this week, but the year-around birds are still hunting for food like this Downy Woodpecker checking out the holes in the tree for sap and insects trapped in the sap.