Picture of the Day for December 3, 2012

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The grey days of November are continuing into December so I might have to do a yellow theme this week just to have some bright colors to help pretend that it is not so cloudy outside. This picture might not have a lot of yellow but does make me think of summer.

The Taylor Falls Princess is 78 feet long and travels the St. Croix River near Taylor Falls, MN. And while the St. Croix River is very deep in some spots like the narrow basalt gorge of the Dalles area, the river does widen out once past the hard rocks and can get very shallow so the loaded draft is only 1.5 feet for the Princess.

Taylor Falls Princess

Picture of the Day for November 30, 2012

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This immature pheasant better hide behind the round hay bale instead of standing on top of it since the hunting season is still open. The ring-necked pheasants are native to China and East Asia, but they have been successfully introduced in other parts of the world, including North America when introduced in 1881. In very bad weather, pheasants are known to stay on a roost for several days without eating so he before fill his tummy before the snow comes.

Pretty Pheasant

Picture of the Day for November 29, 2012

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The sun is finally out today but it is not bright and sunny like these summertime daisies. It is believed that the flower’s name came from a combination of the words “day’s eye,” because the head of the daisy closes completely at night and reopens in the morning.

Daisies are very good at self-propagation. One healthy daisy has the ability to produce more than 25,000 seeds and that daisy seeds buried for six years still have over an 80 percent germination rate. It is no wonder that my brother’s hayfield sometimes looks like it has more daisies than hay!

“Day’s Eyes”

 

Picture of the Day for November 27, 2012

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Some would today is an ugly day since it is another cloudy, chilly day but maybe tomorrow will develop into a sunny day. You never know what will emerge from something very ugly. The caterpillar of the Giant Swallowtail has one of the ugliest caterpillars around. The caterpillars need extra protection since they grow large and camouflage is their main form of defense but rather than blending in with with the leaves or flowers, they appear unappealing to predators; very unappealing since they look like bird poop! And yet something that looks like bird poop can morph into something so magnificent.

Ugly Bug to Beautiful Butterfly

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