Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:31 and sunset is 8:12 for 14 hours 41 minutes of daytime. The moon is new today. On this day in 1888, Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric…
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Animals, Birds, Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.8.26: Improving a Habitat in the Central Sand Plains
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:39 and sunset is 8:03 for 14 hours 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 62.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, the German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect. (The…
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Daily Bread for 4.6.26: Life Unearthed
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:28 and sunset is 7:27 for 12 hours 59 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 81.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 5:30 PM and the Police and Fire Commission…
Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.7.26: Nature Conservancy’s 2025 Wisconsin Annual Report
by JOHN ADAMS •
Conservation, Daily Bread, Legislation, Legislature, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.23.26: Conservation Lite
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cold with a high of -5. Sunrise is 7:17 and sunset is 4:56 for 9 hours 39 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 23.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to…
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Colocolo on Camera
by JOHN ADAMS •
Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.11.26: A Conservation Success for Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 32. Sunrise is 7:24 and sunset is 4:41 for 9 hours 17 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 41 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1820, the Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah,…
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Black Panthers
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 12.26.25: Winter
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:24 and sunset is 4:26 for 9 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 37.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, in the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army under General George Washington executes a…
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: An Albino Puma
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Itzae was the first albino puma born in Central America, and is one of four known in the world. She was born in a Nicaraguan Zoo in August 2023, among her beige and spotted siblings, the common coloration of pumas. After Itzae’s birth, she required special care due to her albinism. The condition…
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Daily Bread for 11.29.25: Snow Crystals, Photographed and Studied
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be snowy, with a significant accumulation, and a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:04 and sunset is 4:22 for 9 hours 18 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1961, Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into…
Cats, Faraway Places, Nature, Photography
Friday Catblogging: Sand Cat in Kuwait
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 11.20.25: Whitewater’s Lakes
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 49. Sunrise is 6:53 and sunset is 4:27 for 9 hours 34 minutes of daytime. The moon is new with 0.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacks…
Animals, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 10.5.25: Three Thousand Wisconsin Bats
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 6:28, for 11 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1846, Wisconsin’s first state constitutional convention meets: The convention…