Arched Window

Arched Window

by | Sep 10, 2008 | Architecture, HDR, Kansas, Small Towns

Florence, KansasLight pours in through the classic lines of a window crowning the front door of an 1889 school house. Some years back the site was lovingly pulled back from the brink, laboriously remodeled, and given a second life as a Bed and Breakfast. Now...
Wild Cardinal Flower

Wild Cardinal Flower

by | Sep 9, 2008 | Wildflowers

Found along the edge of Munkers Creek (east of Council Grove Reservoir, Kansas)More photos are below. It’s easy to understand how this plant got its name. This beautiful flower can be found blooming now in semi-shaded moist areas, stream banks, and marshy areas....
Golden Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)

Golden Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)

by | Sep 4, 2008 | Fauna

Easily the prettiest spider around in her dressed-to-kill gown, fur collar and long black stockings. These beauties are also known as “writing spiders” because of the trademark zigzag pattern in their webs (shown just below her). They have three...
Anybody have a napkin?

Anybody have a napkin?

by | Sep 3, 2008 | Fauna

This old hopper looks like he just left the wildflower buffet, pollen crumbs all over his chin and clothes. On the edge of highway 99, north of Emporia, a thicket of sunfowers is in full bloom. Grasshoppers pop and buzz across my path as I walk. But this big hopper...