Circling Hawk

Circling Hawk

Flint Hills, Chase County, Kansasfor Deb* * * ‘I will not be clapped in a hood, Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, Now I have learnt to be proud Hovering over the wood In the broken mist Or tumbling cloud.’ William Butler Yeats – The Hawk* *...
Finally Spring

Finally Spring

No matter what the calendar says, I didn’t feel like it was really spring until I saw Milo basking in the sunshine, surrounded by greens and grape hyacinth. Photographed with a new Sigma 70mm f2.8 macro lens. I bought it for close-up photography, but it’s...
Hair of God

Hair of God

Emporia, Kansas – From my driveway I watch clouds roll over the city again. The darkening sky is pierced with lightning. A neighbor family returns home as it begins to sprinkle. The mother watches with me for a moment. There was, she says, a great view of the sky as...
Welcoming Breezes of Spring

Welcoming Breezes of Spring

An out-of-season blizzard moved across the central U.S. today, bringing snow and a thick coat of ice to Emporia. Still, we got it pretty light compared to many areas. As the photographer takes refuge among the window geraniums in the warm lobby of the Kress Building,...