It is a guaranteed fact of life that a pile of dirt or sandbox as a huge magnetic pull to in little boys and their digging toys.
The Powerful Pull of a Sandbox
Picture of the Day for August 13, 2018
Another hot and humid summer day caused a lot of things to sweat in the sun like me, but also the corn. Corn doesn’t actually sweat and the technical term is evapotranspiration, the natural process of water evaporating from plants to the air. The corn stalks act like wicks or straws drawing up soil moisture which beads up on leaves and is carried off by warmer air increasing the humidity.
Corn Sweating
Picture of the Day for August 12, 2018
The smoke from the wildfires burning in western Canada has been causing hazy skies and creating very red skies during the sunrises and sunsets the last few days.
Red Skies
Picture of the Day for August 11, 2018
On a hot summer day, feeling the cold mist from this waterfall would feel good. And it was giving off mist as I wasn’t able to keep my camera lens free from water spots when I tried to take photos at a different viewing location even though it only falls 30 feet instead of the next drop of 165 farther downstream.
Viewing Little Manitou Falls
Picture of the Day for August 10, 2018
Moving slightly in the breeze, a sea of yellow waved in the sunny late summer day.
Summer Yellow
Picture of the Day for August 9, 2018
Although the temperature is above average today and too hot for me, the summer is slipping away and another sign that winter’s return is approaching. besides the maple leaves turning, is that a summertime voice is absent again. The very loud song from the tiny house wren has been missing this week and there is no sign on the little brown bird anymore. It is one of the last birds to arrive in the spring and now has abandoned its summer home already and headed south for the winter.
Wren Missing
Picture of the Day for August 8, 2018
The nodding trillium had a three petal blossom hanging under the leaves in the spring and now there is a red seed pod. The pod must have looked like a mini apple to the deer since there was two trillium seed pods a week ago, but one plant has been eaten off.
Nodding Trillium Seed Pod
Picture of the Day for August 7, 2018
The sky today kept changing from brief sunshine to rumbling thunder including some rain drop so I delayed hanging laundry on the clothes line and skipped mowing.
Changing Clouds
Picture of the Day for August 6, 2018
Some times on a hot summer day, it is too warm to do much other than to relax and watch the world go by.
Resting Kitty
Picture of the Day for August 5, 2018
With chances of rain the next several days, some sunsets might be hidden or have darker rain clouds on the horizon instead of a clearer sky.
Dark Cloud Sunset
