The holiday day started out cloudy and windy but people were still lined up for boat cruises to celebrate the day and the un-official end of summer. A lighthouse and sea caves are big attractions of Devils Island of the Apostle Islands of northern Wisconsin.
Cruising Past Devils Island
Set on Summit Hill overlooking the city of Saint Paul, the Cathedral of Saint Paul (the fourth building to bear that name) stands 306.5 feet tall and is 307 feet long and 216 feet wide. The body of the church is made from granite stone from the state and the cornerstone was laid in 1907. The exterior was completed in 1914 but the main interior work was not completed until 1941.
Cathedral of Saint Paul
The Labor Day weekend, the birds heading south, the start of school and one of the final signs that summer is over is trees showing autumn colors. This tree always has sections of green leaves when other sections are displaying the bright red colors, almost in a Christmas theme. But while I love the autumn colors, I’m not ready for summer to be over yet.
Autumn Coming
Another sign that summer is over beside school starting, is the disappearance of some birds, like the house wren and orioles. So there will be no splash of bright orange feathers on my porch until next year when the orioles come back in the spring and find my feeders again.
Orioles Gone
With school starting soon for some students and the long holiday approaching, some people are trying to get the last vacation in before the unofficial end of summer. And some vacation activities may include water adventures on the lakes, like on Lake Superior near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore to view different rock formations and waterfalls..
Colorful Cliffs
Yesterday I visited the Basilica of Saint Mary and the Cathedral of Saint Paul and with so much to see, you might forget to look up. This is the interior side of the cathedral’s dome, which is 96 feet in diameter and 175 feet high. There are 24 stained glass windows of the angelic choirs and a eight-pointed chandelier to light the dome.
Cathedral Interior Dome
The skies darkened as rain moved through today but the sun reappeared to shine on the the cheerful Black-eyed Susan blossoms.
Sunny Susans
Man’s best friend has been around for more than 14,000 years when the dog’s evolution split from wolves to become the domesticated critter so many have bonded with today. And love for dogs is celebrated today being National Dog Day.
Puppy Love
When the sky starts filling with clouds, there may be only a few gaps for the sky to peek through and allow the sun rays to reflect off the edges of the clouds.
A Gap in the Clouds
Two of my cats are celebrating their 5th birthday today and they may be older but they still like to play with boxes as they did when they were a kitten. Boxes provided me many hours of fun as a kid too.
Kids and Boxes
