Numerous waves of storm rolled through today, some bringing strong winds or heavy rains. Weather like that can churn the water up on even big lakes like Lake Superior, like on this beach where the beach has disappeared under the rolling sandy waves and won’t be a day to try swimming there either.
No Swimming
The drizzle and fog hung around all day so it wasn’t bright and sunny out although the Yellow Toadflax (or Butter and Eggs) do add a little yellow sunshine even on a cloudy day. But these wildflowers are not native to the area and are considered an invasive species but they are pretty.
Yellow Toadflax
The mist in the air today wasn’t from splashing waves but from clouds instead. A walk along the shore of Lake Superior is fun even on a cloudy day although I prefer a sunny day.
View from Esrey Point
One of the younger batches of kittens at the farm have been wandering far from the barn and following their mother to the house. They have been getting under foot as they look for more attention as they are at the cute and playful stage.
Wandering Kitten
Color turning on some of the leaves provide a reminder that autumn is approaching but with the heat today, it still felt like summer and the refreshing mist from a rushing river was a welcome relief.
Rushing Presque Isle River
With water temperature around 60 degrees, a dip in Lake Superior would feel very refreshing as the heat index approached 100 today.
Wading in Lake Superior
A boat trip on Lake Superior would have felt nice today with the cooler temperatures coming from the water surface to provide some relief from the warm day. Raspberry Island Lighthouse was ready for use by the end of 1862 but when more lighthouse assistant keepers were stationed on the island, the Lighthouse Service remodeled the building from the ground up in 1906 using parts of the older structure.
Raspberry Island Lighthouse
Poking up higher than the grass, many mushrooms are making their appearance in the woods and my yard. Some look like the classic cartoon mushroom like this colorful fly agaric species.
Colorful Mushroom
A walk along a river and especially by a waterfall would have felt good today on this warm late summer day. The flow of water for this waterfall can vary greatly from year to year late in the year depending summer rain fall but rarely has the heavy flow like during spring snow melt time which covers the entire width of the river bed.
Low Flow at the Upper Gooseberry Falls
The wind was blowing a little stronger today which can cause a surf on lakes and those waves can carve out sea caves in the softer sandstone bedrock. Waves can thunder and boom in the sea caves when the surf is heavy and the Ojibwe tribe interpreted this noise as the sound of evil spirits and may be how Devil’s Island received it name.
Sea Caves on Devil’s Island
