With several days of cloudy skies, there is no yellow sun to see and it will be a while before yellow flowers or yellow weeds appear again.
No Yellow in Winter
Picture of the Day for January 16, 2015
During the winter, about the only things you see around here flying in the air are birds, stray oak leaves and snowflakes (not counting leaping squirrels or kittens) and definitely not any butterflies. So any sightings of butterflies and wildflowers will have to wait for several more months. This butterfly may be a Red-spotted Purple which are found in Wisconsin.
Waiting for the Butterflies Return
Picture of the Day for January 15, 2015
Having the sun out and temperatures above 20, it feels like a heat wave even if it is below freezing yet and you feel like kicking up your heels like these goats. They won’t be able to find green grass to chew on this time of year though. And the birdhouse probably is setting empty as the summer residents haven’t returned.
Playful Goats
Picture of the Day for January 9, 2015
The sun was out today but by the time I finished the chores outside, I had enough of the cold wind chills that a walk through the woods did not appeal to me, especially since there wouldn’t be any wildflowers to stumble upon in the fields or woods. Other than a few stray oak leaves with a slight hint of orange, there is not a lot of color in the snowy landscape so I just have to count down the days until the first spring wildflower appears but I will have a longer wait before the late summer flowers, like the wild bergamot to brighten the road ditches.
Purple Color in the Road Ditches
Picture of the Day for January 4, 2015
“On the Tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Ten Lords a-Leaping.” Only a man would think ten lords would be a great present, but not to a woman would have to wait on the lords serving them food and drinks. I don’t know what good ten lords would be other than blowing a lot of hot air around which might help warm up this very, very cold day. I figured lords fell in the category of slimy critters but that would insult frogs which are a better class than lords.
Ten Frogs a-Leaping
Picture of the Day for December 30, 2014
“On the Fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Five Golden Rings.” Since I don’t wear much jewelry, instead of golden rings I would like to see golden flowers like sunflowers. The birds would like more sunflower seeds on this -11ºF morning so it would be better to have rings of yellow petals around the sunflower seed head. The sun even had a ring around it yesterday from the ice crystals in the air so memories of a warmer day is preferred.
Five Yellow Rings
Picture of the Day for November 15, 2014
The sun might have shone bright yesterday, but the cows don’t have a nice grassy pasture to lay on as the fields are ice and snow covered with more snow coming today.
Dreaming of Greener Pastures
Picture of the Day for October 23, 2014
A month ago, the sunflowers had smiling yellow faces and the leaves were green but after the wind yesterday, a lot of the trees are now barren and the sunflowers heads are hanging down weary of the approaching winter.
Former Smiley Faces
Picture of the Day for September 4, 2014
For the last several days, the cattle haven’t needed a shade tree but an umbrella instead with all the rain and maybe soon they will need an ark too.
Under the Shade Tree
Picture of the Day for September 2, 2014
On Saturday I posted a ‘creepy’ sunflower, but today’s sunflower looks worn out and tired, as I suspect there might be a few individual looking the same after enjoying a long, holiday weekend of fun and who are not ready to head back to work today.
Tired Sunflower
