With slightly cooler temperatures today, it was more inviting for the children to play games outside as the summer vacation nears it end and school begins again.
Playing Games
Picture of the Day for August 20, 2018
Sunlight was filtering through the tree leaves to highlight the fern growing on the woodland floor.
Summer Fern
Picture of the Day for August 19, 2018
The smoke from the Canadian wildfires has caused the sky to be covered like thin clouds, dimming the sun during the day and causing a red sun ball morning and night the past week. Today real clouds moved in but the smoke smell is still in the air since there hasn’t been any rain yet to wash the smoke particles out.
Clouds Moved In
Picture of the Day for August 18, 2018
As more above average temperatures continue, it is hard believe that this hot summer will only be a distant memory once winter makes its return and the average highs for December, January and February is below freezing.
Winter Will Return Too Soon
Picture of the Day for August 17, 2018
Some birds are rather skittish when trying to capture a photo, but some don’t mind me walking closer, like these young swallows who appear to be siblings trying to ignore each other.
Swallow Siblings
Picture of the Day for August 16, 2018
Early this morning, a doe and her two fawns wandered around my lawn, checking out various things as well as looking in the basement door. They nibbled on green plants and this fawn even ate a flower but didn’t seem like it enjoyed the flavor or texture of the blossom.
Flower Eating Fawn
Picture of the Day for August 15, 2018
Little boys may grow into a man, although the little boy still exists and the pull of playing in dirt still calls out, but their sandbox toys are a lot bigger!
Bigger Sandbox Toys
Picture of the Day for August 14, 2018
It is a guaranteed fact of life that a pile of dirt or sandbox as a huge magnetic pull to in little boys and their digging toys.
The Powerful Pull of a Sandbox
Picture of the Day for August 13, 2018
Another hot and humid summer day caused a lot of things to sweat in the sun like me, but also the corn. Corn doesn’t actually sweat and the technical term is evapotranspiration, the natural process of water evaporating from plants to the air. The corn stalks act like wicks or straws drawing up soil moisture which beads up on leaves and is carried off by warmer air increasing the humidity.
Corn Sweating
Picture of the Day for August 12, 2018
The smoke from the wildfires burning in western Canada has been causing hazy skies and creating very red skies during the sunrises and sunsets the last few days.
Red Skies
