The 50 degree day helped to melt the snow again which will help farmers who haven’t harvested all their crops yet, but at least this field has been harvested.
Field Harvested
Picture of the Day for May 8, 2021
As the farmers begin the spring field work for planting, it almost looks like fall with the maples showing some red color as the buds unfurl. The leaves will turn green when they start to produce the green chlorophyll pigment, which can be delayed by cloudy or cold days. So with the temperatures hovering near freezing at night for the past several weeks is giving us a more autumn looking spring.
Springtime Red
Picture of the Day for March 4, 2021
More critters seemed to be enjoying the sunny, warmer days as a dozen deer were digging through the snow for grass on the far side of the field. This evening some of them came down my driveway as they headed back into the woods for the night.
Deer Far Away
Picture of the Day for March 27, 2017
The calendar might say it is spring, but it is more of a gray period instead with another cloudy day and the brownish landscape which has emerged from the snow. A field of dandelions would look pretty about now, even if people don’t like them, but bees love them. I like the yellow stage, it is the white seed releasing event that I don’t care for.
Yellow Field
Picture of the Day for April 1, 2015
According to the Farmers’ Almanac, if it thunders on All Fool’s Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay. We could use a good crop season but so far all day the thunderstorms have been staying just to the north, although there is a line of storms heading this direction now. The cropland remains idle after the long winter so hopefully the April Fool’s Day storm will bring a great crop year.
April Fool’s Day Thunder
Picture of the Day for February 20, 2015
The night brought a new coating of snow so many of the critter tracks are covered over with the blowing snow. But there are definitely squirrel tracks coming from the trees to my bird feeders and to my porch which they decorated my porch screen again with yellow pee – both this morning and yesterday morning. They better quit doing that as it is too cold to keep washing the screens.
New Coating of Snow
Picture of the Day for January 29, 2015
The rolling hills of Wisconsin currently are not showing patches of various shades green from crops and pasture land since covered with a layer of snow instead.
Rolling Patches of Green
Picture of the Day for October 28, 2014
Other than the dark, gray skies, this scene nothing looks like it did last month as the trees are mostly bare and the corn is being harvested.
Colorful to Barren
Picture of the Day for August 19, 2014
A field full of weeds can look pretty, but then to some the yellow goldenrod isn’t a weed and is held as a sign of good luck or good fortune. They are good fortune to insects providing a source of nectar and well as historically healing wounds on the skin. Even Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally.
Others might cuss out the goldenrod for allergy problems but another culprit, the ragweed, which blooms at the same time is usually responsible for seasonal allergies.
Pretty Field of Weeds
Picture of the Day for July 7, 2014
Like many holidays, a lot of the farmers worked on the 4th of July baling hay since it was one of the few opportunities of dry days to get some hay up. Although not all the hay looked very green anymore as it had been washed multiple times from rainy month.
Finally Some Hay Baled
