Lately my backyard has more traffic through it between the deer, skunks and turkeys. This turkey family was taking a Sunday morning stroll.
Turkey Sunday Stroll
Picture of the Day for September 11, 2021
I take a lot of sunset photos and I took this picture the evening on September 10, 2001 which had a couple of airplane contrails in the sky. When I took the photo, I didn’t know that the skies would be empty of planes for a couple of days following the 9/11 attacks.
Evening Before 9/11
Picture of the Day for September 10, 2021
The Labor Day weekend often signals the end of summer and there are signs that autumn is starting to make its appearance.
Fall Color Starting
Picture of the Day for September 9, 2021
A group of of a dozen Trumpeter Swans were enjoying some sunshine on a small lake. With a wingspan of 6 to 8 feet, they are our largest native waterfowl and heaviest flying bird. That size requires 100 yards of open water runway to get airborne.
Swans in Sunshine
Picture of the Day for September 8, 2021
Although the day started out sunny, clouds rolled in waves with brief periods of rain and then the sun would return. But soon more clouds and rain appeared for a few minutes with the sun shining before the rain finished. The cycle continued several more times, but other than keeping the grass wet so I couldn’t mow, the total rain was less than a tenth of an inch.
Brief Rain Clouds
Picture of the Day for September 7, 2021
Sometimes it is hard to go back to work on the Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, but this old tractor might have a very tough time returning to work and might have to extend its holiday.
Tractor on Holiday
Picture of the Day for September 6, 2021
As the holiday long weekend nears its end, some sailboats are getting a little more time on Lake Superior’s water.
Superior Sailing
Picture of the Day for September 5, 2021
Fishing is one of the outdoor activities some people will be enjoying this holiday weekend, especially on a nice early autumn day. While a lot of Lake Superior fishing is done from boats, there is some fishing from shore too.
Lake Superior Fishing
Picture of the Day for September 4, 2021
The holiday weekend has people enjoying some outdoor activities, including taking a boat out on Lake Michigan past the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse. A pair of range lights were installed in 1891 and changes to the lights happen through the years. The present square lighthouse on the south pier was built in 1931 with a fifth-order Fresnel lens.
Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse
Picture of the Day for September 3, 2021
This waterfront used to be the lumber port of Newport. In 1881, a large wooden pier was built and a small town grow up around it and for the 40 years sailing vessels and barges hauled lumber from the nearby forest. When the forest thinned, the town disappeared with very little evidence of its existence.
The area is now Newport State Park with 11 miles of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline and is a special dark in that it received the International Dark Sky Park designation – the 49th in the world. A place to view the stars and meteor showers in the absence of artificial light.
A Dark Sky Park
