A volunteer

   I compost along the upper edge of the riverbank. I cover it with straw to keep a neat appearance. A few years ago a plant came up that I thought was a willow that grows on sandbars in the riverway. After it got a little bigger I recognized the leaves as that of a peach tree. I only buy northern grown peaches to eat therefore they are winter hardy in the Wisconsin climate. (I once had a hardy peach tree that I bought). I've been protecting this volunteer from harm ever since. Last year it had it's first five blooms producing one wonderful peach. Look at it this year !!!

Yes, it looks more like a shrub, I didn't want to lose any fruit bearing branches.
Much to my delight a second volunteer tree has appeared about ten feet from this one.
      If you treat "Mother Nature" right she'll reward you in her own special way!


 

I'm back !!!

   After a month of yard work and rainy days I'm back exploring the great Wisconsin outdoors.
This is a photo journey of a well spent Sunday afternoon. A boating excursion  on the Lower Wisconsin River it started near my home .
    First we made a trip up Second River ( "The East Fork" to some) It's an old river channel that most of the time is too shallow to navigate and there are couple beaver dams to cross over.

An abandoned eagle nest.

 

Back out to the main channel. Here we checked out the unstable railroad trestle.

 

 

The rest of the trip was spent just taking in the beauty of the warm day and the sights along the way. 

I've done a couple other outings that will soon be posted.

I've added this link: it was taken during our Sunday outing.
It was shot by Timm Zumm President of " The Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway"
(aka. FLOW)

https://youtu.be/IKMY75RsAKs

Feasting

   I received these photos from a good friend. A white-tail deer had been a victim of road kill.
Her son dragged the animal off the road into their woods, he then set-up a trail camera.
He got some great daytime photos after the bald eagles found it. In one of the photos it was pretty well picked down to the bones but a hawk was waiting it's turn. The good news about this is that it was road kill and not filled with lead shot. Too often animals looking for a meal become ill from lead poisoning.