North Carolina Woods

North Carolina Woods

Along Morgan CreekAs far as landscape goes, Chapel Hill, in North Carolina is a world different than the Great Plains. Roads turn and curve all direction — I’m sure glad they got that mess figured out before they got to Kansas. The countryside and streets...
Above the clouds

Above the clouds

Here’s a perspective I can’t share very often, above the clouds looking down. I’m high above the earth traveling toward North Carolina. Occasional holes in the overcast sky give glimpses of ground far below. As we get closer to Atlanta the plane is...
Overgrown Tractor

Overgrown Tractor

Near Cedar PointRay Randolph contributed a work of fiction inspired by this, and an earlier photograph of the old farm. Please check it out HERE. (Thanks Ray!)
Converted School House

Converted School House

East of Strong City, a limestone school on the hill was converted to a private home. Maximillian sunflowers spread along ditches and line the edges of the road.
Drinkwater Shriver Mill

Drinkwater Shriver Mill

Cedar Point, Kansas The first structure at this site was a dam and sawmill built in 1867 by O.H. Drinkwater, who also gave the town its name. Eight years later, in partnership with Peter Paul Shriver, the sawmill and dam were replaced with the stone structures of the...
Wonsevu, Kansas

Wonsevu, Kansas

Chase CountyThe photo makes this little unincorporated spot in the Flint Hills seem bigger than it is. A small school house rests across the intersecion. It is also painted in simple whites, and seems so very quiet.