“Red sky at morning, sailors take warning” is a line from a rhyme used for weather forecasting the past two millennia by mariners. But the sunrise was more pink than red so no storm, especially since the day was in the 40s and it might be the last 40 degree day for the year until next spring.
Pink Sky at Morning
The summer blossoms have faded away but the flower seed head is providing a snack for this goldfinch, who has loss its summer bright yellow coloring.
Seed Snack
With the approaching snow season, the days are fill with projects to winterized and prepare for the colder weather. This old log building would need some chinking before winter to make it warm and cozy.
Old Log Wall
Some of the oak leaves are still hanging on, even with days of very strong winds.
Oak Leaves Hanging On
A week of warmer temperatures and no snow allowed farmer to continue harvesting, including baling hay, although this old dump rake wasn’t unlikely used in the haying process. The dump rake style is still being used in parts of the country and the new models go up to 42 feet wide.
Retired Dump Rack
It looks like a bird was enjoying the beach even if I wasn’t there yesterday and hopefully the beach will be ice free for a while yet.
Beach Bird Tracks
The very nice warm November day had me wishing that I was up at Lake Superior sitting on the rock bench while listening to the waves.
Rock Bench
The warmer temperatures makes it nicer while finishing the outside winterizing projects plus no frozen hands when taking a photo of last night’s sunset.
Warm November Sunset
With even more than a week of below freezing temperatures hasn’t put a damper on these tough and cheery little violas.
Cheery Viola
The setting sun behind the tree, which was snapped off in a storm, presents a bit of a Halloween spooky look.
Spooky Tree
