Polar Plunge

Polar Plunge

View Slideshow.Mouse Lake, Emporia, Kansas – I was surprised by how many courageous souls jumped in the frigid waters of Mouse Lake today. It was all in support of a good cause. The 2010 Polar Plunge raised funds for Special Olympics.
Parked until Spring

Parked until Spring

This is how I’m feeling at the moment, just in holding pattern here until the landscape wakes and warms.
Country Road – North

Country Road – North

A mid-winter haze mutes the landscape, and this was photographed through the dirty window of a friend’s Jeep as we plowed down a Flint Hills backroad— that’s mostly what makes it look like a watercolor.
Goose Launch

Goose Launch

Kansas Farm Pond – Moving slowly, I attempted to sneak up on hundreds of buoyant Canada geese this week. A few crunchy steps in the winter grass was enough to put them all to flight. It was a grand sight, full of crazy noise as they spread the alarm.