We like a lot of head room here…
Carmen house, revisited
The Carmen House
Philliips County, Hwy 36 west of Phillipsburg
Wilson Elevator Complex
Wilson, Kansas – Photographed in July of 2006 This image might look familiar. It’s from the previous photo journal, Postcards from Kansas. I’m going to start importing the best of that collection into this gallery, then turn off Postcards. I’d…
Pokeweed
Pokeweed is a showy plant this time of year, with thick red stalks and colorful branches and fruit. The fruit is poisonous to livestock, though the plant has served medicinal uses. More info, check Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses.
Wild Grapes
Draped over an iron bridge in northeast Lyon County
Store-Front Mannequin
Chanute, Kansas
Mason’s Texaco
Weir, Kansas
The Hotel Parsonian
Parsons, Kansas
Window Washer
Galena, Route 66
Once at the heart of a thriving lead and zinc mining area, Galena is now a ghost town on the bottom right corner of Kansas. For reading on the history of the town check Galena, on Legends of America.
Aging Brick and Mural
Weir City
Mill Wall 2
Drinkwater-Shriver Mill, Cottonwood Falls In these glimpses of dissolving towns and industry, what really draws my eye is the incredible power of those forces that pull all of these temporal realities back into dust. It’s an ongoing drama. On these older…
Drinkwater Shriver Mill at Cedar Point
Pawnee County Courthouse
Larned, Kansas
Sunflower Field Near Woodbine
Crop sunflowers are just opening their petals in fields east of Woodbine.