Besides the native irises in the water, this planted iris was lucky that it was later in shooting up and missed the deer munching like the other earlier irises which were all nipped off. So there was a little blue waving on flag day.
A Lucky Iris
Picture of the Day for June 13, 2017
This native iris, commonly called northern blue flag, survived the flower eating deer long enough to bloom, maybe since they typically grow in the water or near the water edge.
Blooming Blue Flag
Picture of the Day for June 12, 2017
On June 12, 1899, a tornado hit the town of New Richmond in western Wisconsin, not too far from where I live. And while it wasn’t a huge tornado, it hit the afternoon of the first day of a circus and the deadly path claimed 117 lives and injured 150 others making it the 9th deadliest tornado in US history.
And two different tornado hit my home farm, each time it took down a barn, and both times it was on June 12, so when the skies darkened again this afternoon, I wondered if I should skedaddle out of the area.
Tornado Day
Picture of the Day for June 11, 2017
Sometimes after a rain storm, the sunset still has a bit of an eerie look and it doesn’t display cheery and bright colors.
Sunset After the Storm
Picture of the Day for June 10, 2017
Approaching a barn, with a cat at your feet, is bound to bring the barn swallows swooping out to scare you and the cat away, especially when they are nesting. So not only to you have to watch your feet so you don’t step on the cat, you have to duck the swooping bird and watch what you are standing under (since what goes in, must come out in a smelly form).
Baby Barn Swallows
Lunchtime for Baby Barn Swallows
https://youtu.be/aF3_xOQQB54&w=640&h=430&rel=0
Picture of the Day for June 9, 2017
The dry days this week have farmers scrambling to get field work done, including cutting and baling hay, before another rainy week starts tomorrow afternoon. And the haying method has changed over the years and baling large round bales is so different than the little hay bales that I had to stack on a wagon behind a square baler.
Making Large Round Hay Bales
Watch the haying process.
https://youtu.be/Mmu1nW1gEsY&w=640&h=430&rel=0
Picture of the Day for June 8, 2017
On these warmer days, it doesn’t take long for flowers to open and fade, like the irises. And some of the wild roses have open and dropped petals to ground already, their full glory lasting for only a glimpse of time.
Short Time in Glory
Picture of the Day for June 7, 2017
A sign that summer is approaching in the north, is when the wild roses begin to start to open up and those blossoms add more pink to the road ditches along with the wild geraniums.
Wild Roses Arriving
Picture of the Day for June 6, 2017
Throughout the yard, insects like butterflies, were flying around on this sunny day and down by the pond, dragonflies were darting from spot to spot.
Summertime Dragonfly
Picture of the Day for June 5, 2017
I must have a deer that is attracted to yellow since earlier this spring, I had lost a yellow daffodil. It wasn’t eaten, just beheaded instead. And now my yellow and maroon irises are being eaten – which is the first time I have noticed that they have bothered with irises.
Missing Irises
