Picture of the Day for July 9, 2021

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The native wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) dangling blooms provide food for the ruby throated hummingbirds and other pollinators. The flower stalk grows one to three feet tall with one to two inch flowers. The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle as the flower petals resemble an eagle’s sharp talons. And its common name of columbine comes from the Latin for dove as the flower petals looks like five doves nested together. So looking like an eagle or dove might depend on how far the blossom is open as this one looks more claw than dove to me.

Wild Columbine

Wild Columbine

Picture of the Day for July 8, 2021

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The sandy dunes at Whitefish Dunes, along the shore of Lake Michigan, has evidence of settlers as early as 100 B.C. and one of the later groups was the Late Woodland People who occupied this area around A.D. 800-900. As many as fifty wigwams like this one, were occupied from spring through late fall for the fishing season before they traveled to their winter hunting camps.

Wigwam of the Late Woodland People

Wigwam of the Late Woodland People

Picture of the Day for July 7, 2021

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The second keeper at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse for 35 years was Civil war veteran Captain William Duclon who lived there with his wife, Julia, and seven sons. She wanted to give her children a musical education and taught her sons how to play the Rosewood piano which William paid a month’s pay for it. The boys formed their own band and were favorite entertainers in the area. They would take the piano with them by removing the legs to get it out of the lighthouse.

Traveling Lighthouse Piano

Traveling Lighthouse Piano

Picture of the Day for July 3, 2021

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With the temperature predicted to be in the 90s tomorrow and being the holiday weekend, this beach probably will have a lot more visitors enjoying cooler waters of Lake Michigan. Whitefish Dunes State Natural Area preserves the largest Great Lakes dunescape in Wisconsin. The area consists of active and stabilized sand dunes, including Old Baldy, the tallest dune which rises 93 feet above lake level.

Beach at Whitefish Dunes

Beach at Whitefish Dunes

Picture of the Day for June 30, 2021

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At the tip of the Door Peninsula, the Washington Island Ferry provides a way for vehicles and passengers to reach Washington Island, a 22 square mile island in Lake Michigan about seven miles from the tip of the peninsula. Another ferry takes passengers from Washington Island to Rock Island, a 912 acre state park were vehicles are not allowed to be brought over to the island.

Washington Island Ferry

Washington Island Ferry

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