The setting sun announces the end of the day and it is hard to believe that another month has ended with the year end approaching quickly.
November’s End
Picture of the Day for November 29, 2013
One might think this dog was out early for the Black Friday sales but I know animals are smarter than that!
Dog Tired
Picture of the Day for November 28, 2013
With the help of an Native American, Squanto, the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful and in November 1621, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native American allies. While no record exists of the historic banquet’s exact menu, the Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow wrote in his journal that Governor Bradford sent four men on a “fowling” mission in preparation for the event, and that the Wampanoag guests arrived bearing five deer. Historians have suggested that many of the dishes were likely prepared using traditional Native American spices and cooking methods. Because the Pilgrims had no oven and the Mayflower’s sugar supply had dwindled by the fall of 1621, the meal did not feature pies, cakes or other desserts, which have become a hallmark of contemporary celebrations.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Picture of the Day for November 27, 2013
Once the grandeur of the autumn’s color display is over and before the white coat of winter sets in, there is period of starkness; bare trees, lack of colorful wildflowers and a landscape brown instead of green.
Late Fall Starkness
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2013
The pleasant farm scene is just a memory until next year as the corn is harvested, the trees are bare and landscape is turning brown soon to be covered in white.
Growing Season Over
Picture of the Day for November 25, 2013
No rush hour commute for this boat to make it to work on a Monday morning as “The Eagle” has been retired for a while even though it can see Lake Superior were the fishing boat worked for many years. I haven’t found when it was built but it operated out of Bayfield, WI until 1947 and after a short retirement, it continued working until 1972. The boat is presently sitting ashore at in a village park at Cornucopia, Wisconsin looking over Siskiwit Bay on Lake Superior.
Retired Eagle
Picture of the Day for November 24, 2013
The cold blast overnight has put an ice layer on my pond but the larger lakes retained enough heat in the water to prevent that from happening, at least for today, but soon most will succumb to winter’s icy grip.
Lake’s Morning Glow
Picture of the Day for November 23, 2013
I might have to borrow these wool coats after feeling the frigid temperatures today. I am not ready for winter yet!
Warm Wool Coats
Picture of the Day for November 22, 2013
Normally I see the White-breasted Nuthatch creeping upside down or sideways on trees but when flying into a bird feeder, they can appear “normal”. They get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside.
The male typically stays with its mate throughout the years since the female shares the duties of looking out for predators and in the winter, White-breasted Nuthatches join foraging flocks led by chickadees or titmice, perhaps partly because it makes food easier to find and partly because more birds can keep an eye out for predators.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Picture of the Day for November 21, 2013
It appears like this cow is flying out on the clouds as it must heard about the cold temperatures coming so I bet it is heading south.
A weather vane is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. The first “true weathervane” is often thought to be a bronze structure that was erected atop the Tower of the Winds in Athens in 48 B.C. by Greek astronomer Andronicus. Since that time, there has been various designs and shapes of the weather vanes.
Cow Weather Vane
