Besides butterflies blending in with the autumn colors, this cat also is camouflaged among the fallen leaves.
Camouflage Cat
Picture of the Day for September 27, 2019
This Milbert’s Tortoiseshell butterfly blends in with the autumn colors, like the turning leaves and fall flower blossoms.
Milbert’s Tortoiseshell
Picture of the Day for September 26, 2019
The dry weather today allowed my day of picking apples to be done in nice conditions instead of a rainy, snowy, windy or very cold environment like some years in the past.
Apple Picking Time
Picture of the Day for September 25, 2019
The weather today made a great day to take a stroll and look at the autumn colors, especially looking up at the canopy as the sunlight highlighted the yellow display.
Yellow Leaf Canopy
Picture of the Day for September 24, 2019
The roadside stands are colorful with pumpkins, squash, apples and other produce including these odd shaped gourds.
Pile of Gourds
Picture of the Day for September 23, 2019
The first day of autumn is starting out with sunshine to highlight the season’s colors.
Autumn Begins
Picture of the Day for September 22, 2019
The interior of the Cathedral of Saint Paul contains chapels dedicated to the Sacred Heart, to Mary, to Saint Peter, and also to St. Joseph. The First World War interrupted construction of The Chapel of Saint Joseph, but it was completed in 1918.
The Chapel of Saint Joseph
Picture of the Day for September 21, 2019
The cloudy, drizzly day didn’t seem to colorful until a hint of sun peeked out and shown on the changing leaves signaling autumn’s fast approach.
Approaching Autumn
Picture of the Day for September 20, 2019
If you look closely inside the left blossom, you can spot a bumblebee collecting nectar from the pink turtlehead flower. Turtlehead gets its common name from the blossoms that resemble the shape of a turtle’s head with its mouth partly open although the lips are hard to pry open and bumblebees are one of the few insects that have the strength to enter inside.
Bee Inside Turtlehead
Watch the bumblebee enter the turtlehead blossom.
Picture of the Day for September 19, 2019
Bugs, bees and butterflies were enjoying a dry day to collect nectar from the late summer flowers. This monarch butterfly was very intent on collecting from goldenrod, which provides a good nectar flow in late summer. Most adults monarchs only live for a few weeks, but the generation born as fall approaches hold off on reproducing and monarchs from this area will make the long migration to Mexico. These migrating monarchs will live for six to eight months before starting back north in the spring.
Monarch on Goldenrod
