These flowers with the shaggy look resembles my hair in the morning on some days. Common names for this flower include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea.
Pretty Bee Balm
Picture of the Day for August 7, 2023
Today is National Lighthouse Day and one of my favorite lighthouses is Split Rock Lighthouse on a 133 foot cliff on Lake Superior, north of Duluth, MN. The light, first lit in 1910, was retired in 1969 by the U.S. Coast Guard and now is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.
A Favorite Lighthouse
Picture of the Day for August 6, 2023
Sunday allows another day for some to explore various beaches in the area including some with large boulders instead of small rocks or sand.
Large Rock on Beach
Picture of the Day for August 5, 2023
When walking through clover, I often watch for fours-leafed clovers, but this time I found red leaves instead of four leaves. The red color probably came from plant stress either from weather conditions or from some soil deficiency, but I only spotted these two clovers that were turning red amongst the rest of the normal green colored clovers.
Clover Red Leaves
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2023
Don’t let the sweet innocent look fool you as this little girl like to knock things down and cause some mischief like most kittens do.
Not So Innocent
Picture of the Day for August 3, 2023
With the hot, above normal temperatures, it would have been a good day to head to the beach and I wouldn’t have even minded getting splashed with the cooler Lake Superior waters.
Rock Splash
Picture of the Day for August 2, 2023
Around my home, you only have to travel less than a mile to find a habit that varies enough to find different wildflowers, and so when I traveled more than a hundred miles to a state park, I encountered many species that I haven’t seen before, including this flower. In the Pyrola genus, this flower is probably Shinleaf based on its leaves, but could also be Round-leaved Pyrola.
Pretty Pyrola
Picture of the Day for August 1, 2023
The clouds and a field of tall corn prevented me from getting a photo of the first supermoon of the month, the Full Sturgeon Moon, when it was rising tonight. The clouds also covered part of this moon photo taken years ago. August’s full moon is traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes traditionally caught during this month. Other names for the August full moon are Black Cherries Moon, Flying Up Moon, Harvest Moon, Mountain Shadows Moon, Ricing Moon and Corn Moon.
Moon in Clouds
Picture of the Day for July 31, 2023
Many flowers were enjoying the sunshine today, like these pretty blossoms of the foxglove.
Foxglove Blossoms
Picture of the Day for July 30, 2023
Like driftwood, tree fungi can create interesting shapes for a person to try to envision some other object while walking along a beach.
Fungi on Log
