by Dave | Jul 4, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna, Kansas
The position of the coneflower behind the butterfly clutters the composition but this is my only good photo of a zebra.
by Dave | Jul 3, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna, Garden, Kansas
This painted lady butterfly got my attention with the intricate graphic designs on the underside of its wings. It was one of many types fluttering around Toad Hollow on Sunday.
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
This has always been a tranquil, beautiful lake. And it has long suffered from a build-up of agricultural run-off. The water is thick with moss, duckweed and wild lotus. In many ways that enhances it’s beauty for me. It becomes an emerald green retreat.
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Fauna, Kansas
Butterflies, moths and bees were all thick around the purple coneflower at Nina’s (Toad Hollow) last week.
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
Corn fields east of Emporia along the Neosho River bank.
by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
Road N, east of Emporia Not a good day to “do dirt”. I had to cancel my extended road trip today, though I did get out a little bit. Rain continues to fall, the Neosho River continues to rise, and the woods are turning into rain forests. I went out to Toad...
by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Soft Lights
Last evening I visited Toad Hollow Daylily Farm to see how they are faring as they prepare for this weekends’ open house. Nina and a helper were out in the pouring rain “deadheading” the plants so they’d look nice today. Weather hasn’t...
by Dave | Jun 29, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
Lyon CountyToday’s rain floods a woodland stream and spills over the gold colored stones of a small waterfall.
by Dave | Jun 29, 2007 | Cityscapes, Industry, Kansas
