Some of the road ditches in upper Wisconsin are lined with colorful lupines, although most of them are not the native Wild Lupine, but are instead the Large-leaved Lupine which is native to the western states. The wild lupine, native to eastern North America, has leaves that are divided into 7 to 11 leaflets, where as the large-leaved lupine are grouped 9 to 17.
Lupines in Bloom
Because I didn’t want to scare my recently hatched wood ducklings, I skipped mowing close to my pond. And by not mowing, a section of over 100 feet turned white and orange from daisies and the non-native orange hawkweed.
White and Orange
At a couple of recent funerals that I attended, seed packets of Forgot-me-not flowers were given out as a remembrance plant as a reminder of a loved one that you will keep in your thoughts.
Forgot-Me-Nots
The small primroses in this patch lining a path ranged in multiple different colors, bringing a sunny smile to your face.
Smiling Primroses
May Day might celebrate the return of spring, but the cold, windy day didn’t feel like a nice spring day. The number of flowers open for May Day this year are not that many, but a few more daffodils are starting to bloom.
May Day Daffodils
A eighty degree day sure makes a big difference in getting flower blossoms to open up as yesterday I only found one Snow Glory which was just starting to open up and a day later, there were multiple patches with full blooms.
Snow Glories Without Snow
Snowflakes began to fall this evening creating a new white coat. Giving this picket fence a new white coat of paint might mean some work, but it would be warmer than than shoveling to remove the new snow coating in the morning.
Flowers by Picket Fence
With the temperature dropping to -21 overnight, it sure has me wishing for a nice summer day down at the pond watching fluffy clouds floating by, dragonflies darting about, bees landing on the flowers and listening to frog croaking.
Pond on a Summer Day
After another morning chilly start of seeing the white coating of snow, it may be hard to remember that in six months, the Black-eyed Susans will be adding its bright yellow color to the landscape again.
Sunny Summer Susans
It was very foggy this morning and it remained cloudy as light snow fell throughout the day. The gray day has me wishing for an early autumn scene with more range of colors.
Early Autumn Day
