This tired dog takes a few seconds of rest to watch the small white sailboat slip past the lighthouse before he continues to explore all the interesting things on the beach.
Dog Takes a Break
The lighthouse scene yesterday did not look this peaceful as when I took this image a week ago since the strong northeast winds caused waves measuring 20 feet to crash into the lighthouse and shore. I would have been soaked and standing in water if I stood in the same spot yesterday as the storm caused flooding and closure of roads due to large amounts of debris piled on the roadway.
Wisconsin Point Lighthouse
The sun was hiding again today so some leaves and flowers provided the missing yellow colors. Although these yellow common tansy provide pretty color in the fall, they are another invasive species from Eurasia. Tansy has a long history of use. It was first recorded as being cultivated by the ancient Greeks for medicinal purposes. It is also known as bitter buttons, cow bitter, or golden buttons.
Common Tansy
The sunshine looked very deceiving since the strong breeze and low temperature had the wind chills below freezing, but it still was nice to be the first to the beach area after a storm seeing no tracks in the sand. At least no human prints as there was bird tracks of various sizes in the wet sand.
Beach After the Storm