Picture of the Day for October 4, 2012

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The landscape turns to red, orange, yellow and brown in the fall with turning of the leaves, but if you look down while out leaf peeping, you might spot some purple too like this aster.

There are over 120 species of the genus aster found in the United States and are primarily known for their fall flowering. The late blooming flower provide nectar for the butterflies, bees and other insects. In the winter, the heads provide seeds for tree sparrows, grouse, goldfinches and chipmunks. But then my chipmunks just eat out of the bird feeder.

Wild Purple Asters

Picture of the Day for October 2, 2012

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Even if yesterday’s horses were more interested in grass than the color foliage, I was definitely on the hunt for the colored leaves when I went leaf peeping on Sunday with my mom. We both liked this spot on a side road and I was glad that no one was behind us since I would stop every few feet to snap some more pictures before inching forward to soak in the glorious color and view that pulled at your soul.

Autumn Allure

Picture of the Day for September 28, 2012

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Since I used a digital painting of a photograph for the prior post, I thought I would do one more painting of the rustic road that I was on yesterday. And it is a ‘rustic’ road since the Wisconsin Legislature established the Rustic Roads program in 1973 to help citizens and local units of government preserve what remains of Wisconsin’s scenic, lightly traveled country roads.

To qualify for the Rustic Road program, a road should have outstanding natural features along its borders such as rugged terrain, native vegetation, native wildlife, or include open areas with agricultural vistas which singly or in combination uniquely set this road apart from other roads.

Rustic Road 4 description on the WI Rustic Road web site, the rustic road I traveled on yesterday, says “Beautiful fall colors mark the road in autumn, along with many coniferous trees. Watch for glacial rock formations and wild turkeys.” I saw the rock formations and caves, fall colors but didn’t see any turkeys but plenty of other birds.

Rustic Road 4

And the original photograph that I took of Rustic Road 4 before I made a painting out of it.

Picture of the Day for September 27, 2012

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The shortening daylight, cool nights and sunny fall days bring more than just the turning of colored leaves. It also brings out the equipment harvesting fields of soybeans and corn. Shortly after I snapped this shot of standing corn, it was picked and the ears of corn were in a wagon. I do some digital painting and this picture beckoned me saying it wanted to become a painting.

Standing Corn before Harvest

Picture of the Day for September 26, 2012

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After being a taxi service for my brother to get all the equipment to the field to pick corn, I decided to do a little ‘leaf peeping’ in the area yesterday. ‘Leaf Peepers’ are appreciated by business owners since they benefit from the autumn tourism but are often disliked by the locals that have to share the roads with the sightseers. I might have been a local but still had to pull over and let the locals get around me who weren’t out photographing the autumn colors. But I did find one road that I didn’t have to worry about any traffic and so I was able to enjoy the fall colors in peace without worrying if anyone was behind me or not.

Quiet Road for Leaf Peeping

Picture of the Day for September 25, 2012

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The maple tree has many functions, including being a major source of pollen in early spring before other plants have flowered and are important for the survival of honey bees. I don’t have a lot of maple trees but there must be enough to keep my bees going in the spring.

The Sugar maple is tapped for sap to produce maple syrup, maple sugar or maple taffy. The sugar maple wood is the choice for bowling pins, pool cue shafts and butcher’s blocks.

But the bright autumn colors of the maples, from yellows, oranges and reds, might be what gets the most attention and many countries have leaf watching traditions such as Japan which is called “momijigari”. The custom of viewing the changing color of maples in Korea is called “Danpung-Nori”. Leaf peeping is an informal term, commonly used in the United States, for people who travel to view and photograph the fall foliage in areas where foliage changes colors.

Leaf Peeping

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