Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Our local big lake…
…and a truly large big lake.
Yeah, this afternoon we went up to Grand Marais and over to the mouth of Hurricane Creek to leaf peep.
This leaf is next to the cottage, and, it turns out, I didn’t take any dramatic leaf color photos up by Superior. [Oops.]
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
I’m avoiding a murky, rainy, morning photo, and instead offering droplet-decorated apples, after the sun came out.
Sunday, 13 September 2026
9:25am. The sky and waves resemble the last few days. A few minutes later, I watched the bald eagle fly west over the lake, very low, like he/she was exploiting ground effect (lake effect?). Efficiency.
3:50pm. We had actual rain…enough to get the flagstones wet. Then, it quit.
Residual roof-flow did drip into the rain barrel, but not enough to even raise the level a half-inch. An hour or so later, we got another brief sprinkle, that time not enough to get the stones completely wet.
Saturday, 12 September 2026
10:35am. Menacing sky.
2:19pm. Even more menacing…
…with enough wind to paste a leaf to a dried lupine spike.
Friday, 4 September 2026
I’m not quite sure how to classify any given moment in the transition from late summer to early autumn (LS/EA). Clearly, this isn’t mid-summer vegetation, and it’s not full on autumn, either. The yellow of the milkweed leaves and the brown of some of the grasses are the give-away to the transition from summer-green.
Here’s another angle, with still-proud asparagus vegetation and a fine apple tree with some laden branches. Here, the biggest give-away is the color in the top of the maple, left of center.
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Since the early morning photo wasn’t interesting, I decided to try early evening…this was 8:37pm. The clouds suggest the meteorologists are right, that we may get some rain overnight. Ho-hum.
Monday, 17 August 2026
I stepped out for one of those pretty-sky early morning shots, this time at 6:45am. Not so pretty as last winter. I’m blaming it on the mugginess and oak trees and chemistry turning the lovely color streaks of months ago into blue-bland.
Saturday, 1 August 2026
A drippy overnight rain left diamonds on my mesh basil deer-protector.
Late morning, we visited Art on the Lake…saw beautiful artisanal pieces, heard some music in passing, and bought nothing, not even an elephant ear. Our parking place was kinda-sorta under this giant maple.
Friday, 31 July 2026
Today was about coping with the weather. It began warm and sticky, and became, tahdah, hot and sticky. The audio track was fan-whir. Finally, it rained, which cooled everything a bit. The humidity remains, however, and the fan noise is relocated upstairs.
Monday, 27 July 2026
The morning began with foggy overcast, if we can use that phrase.
By late morning, the overcast lifted a bit, yet remained.
A very light rain chased (not really, just a more poetic phrasing) me off the beach. Later, it cleared and got sunny. Then, it rained again. Now, it’s overcast again. The plants really need the precipitation, so I’m okay with it.