Picture of the Day for April 15, 2015

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Most states have a natural rock bridge and some have a number of famous ones and Wisconsin has its own natural bridge in the unglaciated Driftless Area weathered from sandstone deposited 1.6 billion years ago. The arch opening is 25 wide and 15 feet high.

The rock shelter on the right side, is 60 feet wide and 30 feet deep and when an archaeological excavation of the rock shelter was conducted in 1957, the oldest artifacts were dated between 9000 and 8000 BC, making the rock shelter one of the oldest-dated sites for human occupancy in northeastern North America. Evidence indicates that the shelter was used only periodically at first, perhaps as a hunting or seasonal camp for Paleo-Indians hunting Mastodons or Wooly Mammoths. Later the shelther was inhabited year-round.

Wisconsin’s Natural Bridge

Wisconsin's Natural Bridge

Picture of the Day for April 12, 2015

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The snow must have fallen on the robin’s tail this past week and now it is officially spring since I finally spotted the first wildflower open yesterday and the frogs are singing. The flower was partially open yesterday but fully open this morning. The Sharp-loded Hepatica is the first wildflower to open in my woods each spring and since the blossom is less than an inch across, they can be easily overlooked since the foliage comes after they bloom. It was windy this morning so trying to capture the tiny blossom swaying on the hairy stalk was a challenge.

The First Wildflower of Spring

The First Wildflower of Spring

Picture of the Day for April 11, 2015

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Today was the Indianhead Polled Hereford Association Spring Opportunity Sale where established breeders and first time consignors had bulls. cows and heifers for sale. Even a little boy got to raise a bidder number (when said so) as the cattle were auctioned off. And this heifer was a granddaughter of a heifer purchased at a previous Indianhead sale.

Hereford Heifer at Auction

Hereford Heifer at Auction

 

Picture of the Day for April 7, 2015

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Across rural America, many old one room schoolhouses (or even fancier multi-room schools like this one) are used for township halls for meetings and voting. So some rural schools, where bells once rang in the past to gather children and survived abandonment, have traffic through their doors again today as people cast their votes on election day.

Old Schoolhouses Survive as Town Halls

Old Schoolhouses Survive as Town Halls

Picture of the Day for April 6, 2015

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The proverb “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”, first recorded in 1886, or the shorter version “April showers bring May flowers” (originally “Sweet April showers/Do spring May flowers”, part of a poem recorded in 1610) are common expressions in English speaking countries. But it doesn’t say whether it is rain or snow showers which bring the flowers although at least it has just been rain showers here this morning and not snow like further north. The colder temperatures still have kept the flowers from sprouting up this spring yet and if they had, flowers like the snow glories could be covered with snow.

Snow Glories Could be Covered by Snow

Snow Glories Could be Covered by Snow

 

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