Picture of the Day for September 21, 2015

On a nice day, the kids probably rather be outside playing than sitting in class and maybe the teacher of a one-room schoolroom would let them have a longer recess to enjoy the warm weather before the snow flies.

Camp Nine School building was built in 1902 to serve the children of logging Camp Nine near Glenwood City, Wisconsin and one of its old outhouses is nearby but I missed getting a picture of the important building.

Camp Nine School

Camp Nine School

Picture of the Day for September 19, 2015

The chipmunks seem to rule the roost around my place, eating all my raspberries, unearthing my flowers, digging my garden seeds out before they have a chance to grow and apparently they can outwit cats too. A chipmunk kept charging out to the stray cat instead of just hiding in the woods (as seen in the video below) and it eventually got away when the cat left. The next night my Trouble caught one but it got away too and within a few minutes, he had his cheeks stuff full of my produce and chirping away on its perch.

Crafty Chipmunk

Crafty Chipmunk

Curious Cat vs. Crafty Chipmunk

(Sorry for the shaky video but I was photographing a sunset and didn’t have a tripod with me when I came across this scene.)

Picture of the Day for September 17, 2015

The floor of my woods has splotches of bright red from the berries of the Jack-in-the-Pulpit. But in this case it is more like Jill-in-the-Pulpit, as only the female plants produce the berries, but the plant can switch back and forth from male to female depending on the previous year’s environment and how much nutrients were stored in the corm. So last year much have been a good year since a lot of female plants this year, but they may see many “sex changes” in their lifespan as some plants can live for a hundred years. But be careful touching the berries as they can cause irritation to sensitive or broken skin when touched.

Jack’s (or Jill’s) Seeds

Jack's (or Jill's) Seeds