Maybe the ducks were the only critters who enjoyed last week’s wet weather. I just know that I am looking forward to some sunshine for a few days.
Duck Enjoying the Water
Picture of the Day for October 31, 2015
Today I saw little kids (and adults) dressed up in costumes for Halloween when you might see the spooks, ghosts and goblins. One might find a ghost haunting a lighthouse like at Seul Choix Point Lighthouse which is said to be haunted by a former keeper Captain Joseph Willy Townshend (1902 to 1910) who died in the upstairs bedroom. Joseph was a cigar smoker in life, but his wife refused to let him smoke in the house. Now cigar smoke is often smelled in the house, as well as other strange happenings, including moving silverware, rocking chairs moving on their own, pictures with hazy figures, images in windows, footsteps, and the sound of someone climbing the lighthouse steps.
The Gulliver History Society, which maintains this lighthouse, has kept detailed records of each ghostly occurrence at the lighthouse recorded in a logbook which has more than 300 entries thus far. It is believed that in addition to the ghost of Townshend , there are three other spirits, including young girls.
So while visiting the keeper’s house of the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, take an extra peek at the mirrors and windows and see if you spot a spirit.
Seul Choix Point Keeper’s House
Picture of the Day for October 30, 2015
A lighthouse might provide the light that the missing sun hasn’t on another cloudy day. First lit in 1849, Whitefish Point Light was one of the first lighthouses on the shores of Lake Superior and is currently the oldest active light on the lake. It is arguably the most important light on Lake Superior. All vessels entering and leaving Lake Superior must pass the light. It stands on the treacherous southern shoreline of Lake Superior known as the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes” in an area with more shipwrecks than any other area of the lake. It is the closest lighthouse to the wreck site of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The view from the top of the 76 foot tower was spectacular even on a cloudy day.
Whitefish Point Light
Picture of the Day for October 29, 2015
The kitten would have needed more than a wire fence yesterday to stop the blowing snow so it better go find a wooden fence instead.
Climbing the Fence
Picture of the Day for October 28, 2015
As the harvest season continues, barns start reappearing which had been hidden from the road by fields of crops. I love this matching silo next to the barn.
Red Silo
Picture of the Day for October 27, 2015
The Bald Eagle has been the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and while not really bald, their white-feathered heads gleam in contrast to their chocolate-brown body and wings. At one time, the word “bald” meant “white,” not hairless. Young bald eagles attain adult plumage in about five years so the young are often overlooked without their ‘bald’ heads. One adult and two immature bald eagles were hanging out by the side of the road and this one is about two years old.
Immature Bald Eagle
Picture of the Day for October 26, 2015
This old truck reminds me of something that Ma and Pa Kettle would drive except it is missing the kids and critters hanging off of it too.
Loaded Old Truck
Picture of the Day for October 25, 2015
The sun sets over cranberry marsh as harvest winds down for the season.
Cranberry Sunset
Picture of the Day for October 24, 2015
Nestled in the Baraboo Bluffs near the Wisconsin River, a small ravine can be found as part of the historic Durward’s Glen, which includes a church, a grotto, residences, a barn, small cemetery, an outdoor way of the cross, religious statues, and walking trails.
The property was the home of Bernard Durward, a painter and poet, and his family from 1862 until 1932 when it was sold and became a seminary. The glen was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1978.
Pretty Ravine in Durward’s Glen
Picture of the Day for October 23, 2015
When out ‘leaf peeping’, normally people are drawn to the bright reds and oranges so the yellows are often overlooked even though they add some bright sunny colors in the autumn landscape.
Touch of Yellow
