Enjoy and appreciate beauty while you can, for it may soon be gone. Feeling a little introspective today…
View more →Cloudy skies over Cherokee Marsh
Summer’s twilight
September gold
I used to think those huge fields of goldenrod were to blame for the severe seasonal allergies I experience this time of year. I recently learned that goldenrod does not cause allergies. Pollen from the inconspicuously drab ragweed flowers (which appear at the same time) is the culprit.
All those goldenrod blossoms look a little more beautiful to me now.
Early sunsets, with hazy smoke
Rainy night reflections
Wilco at the Sylvee
On Friday night I saw the band Wilco perform at The Sylvee here in Madison. Wilco is one of my favorite bands, this was the eighth show of theirs I’ve been to. Every concert I’ve seen them perform has ALWAYS been fantastic, and Friday night was no exception.
View more →Perseverance
“An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.”
– Matshona Dhliwayo
Japanese anemone
I can always count on a visit to Olbrich Botanical Gardens to brighten up a dreary day. Japanese anemone (a.k.a. Japanese thimbleweed)
View more →Last of the summer shadows?
The local public schools started this week and the sun is setting earlier and earlier each day. I think I’m starting to mourn the end of summer.