As the temperature and humidity climbed today, nature walks were more comfortable early in the morning or late evening, to view the wildflowers blooming in the fields.
Hot Summer Day
Picture of the Day for May 12, 2017
Walking along my path to the pond, I noticed today that the deer ate my last great white trillium as well as all of my hostas and my trout lilies. They seem to leave blue flowers alone more than the other colored flowers.
Pretty Blue Flowers
Picture of the Day for May 10, 2017
The deer wandering around my yard last evening was probably looking for more great white trilliums to eat but they will be out of luck since this is only one left in my woods.
The Surviving Trillium
Picture of the Day for May 8, 2017
Although the white from the Bloodroots are gone, the wildflowers right now are mostly white with Trilliums, Wood Anemones, Pussytoes and White Trout Lily scattered around the ground. But there are some colorful blues left in the woods from the Virginia Bluebells. But this are coming to an end as they start out pink and turn to blue and there are few pink left.
Blue from Virginia Bluebells
Picture of the Day for May 1, 2017
The April showers from last night brought May snow today instead of May flowers for a May Day basket. The poor wildflowers were probably calling out a Mayday distress instead when they were being bombed by huge snowflakes today.
Mayday on May Day
Picture of the Day for January 12, 2017
The sun was out bright today, reflecting off the new coating of snow but as most typical clear January days, it was a cold one so not as pleasant hiking day. A July hike through a field of summer wildflowers sounds like a better option to me.
A July Hike Admiring Wildflowers
Picture of the Day for December 27, 2016
Even though the days are gradually getting longer, it still will be four months before the ground will show signs of spring flowers like these Spring Beauties.
Waiting for the Beauties
Picture of the Day for July 18, 2016
Many may be trying to get some outdoor activities done, like a nature hike, today and tomorrow before the excessive heat rolls in for the rest of the week. A place to enjoy seven miles of hiking trails, along with native flowers in the prairie restoration areas and a variety of crops, is at the Pope Farm Conservancy, just west of Madison, Wisconsin. A stone wall made with rocks left by the glacier, built in the 1840s and 1850s, line one of the trails for a distance as it rises to the top of a recessional moraine, which provides a beautiful view of the surrounding area.
Nature Walk on a Sunny Day
Picture of the Day for June 21, 2016
I had intended to photograph the full moon last night when it was over my pond, but I didn’t feel like donating blood to the mosquitoes to wait that long for the moon to rise high enough, even if it would have been a perfect picture in my mind for the first day of summer because spending time by lake or pond is an image of summer for me.
Summertime Fun by a Pond
Picture of the Day for April 30, 2016
A cloudy morning is keeping the blue sky hidden but there is some blue and with pink tones in the Virginia Bluebells which are currently blooming in the woods giving nectar to the butterflies. The blossoms start out in pink but when it matures and ready for pollination, it increases its alkalinity to change the red pigmentation into blue pigmentation, a color that is much more attractive to pollinators.
The Blue of Virginia Bluebells
