Red Barn
Near Diamond Creek Road Man, it’s good to be back in Kansas. The woodsy-ness of North Carolina is rich and pretty, but it wasn’t long before I was craving the open horizons and grasslands of Kansas. On the west side of Diamond Creek Road, near the exit from Hwy 50 in…
North Carolina Woods
Along Morgan Creek As 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
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…
Summer Evening
Overgrown Tractor
Near Cedar Point Ray Randolph contributed a work of fiction inspired by this, and an earlier photograph of the old farm. Please check it out HERE. (Thanks Ray!)
Round Hay Bales
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
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…
Farm Truck near Cedar Point
South of Cedar Point, Kansas Ray Randolph contributed a work of fiction inspired by this scene.Please check it out HERE. (Thanks Ray!)
Cut Grass
Chase County, off highway 50 near Strong City
Wonsevu, Kansas
Chase County The 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.
Hay Bales – Chase County
Ancient Arches
Deep in the woods, along the banks of the Cottonwood River, the arches of the Clements stone arch bridge appear through a break in the dense growth. For a brief moment it takes on the mystery of other great, man-made antiquities. It isn’t a lost city, though…
Eskridge, Kansas
The Sutton Food Store isn’t here anymore but the Butter-Krust bread sign still dresses up a wall in Eskridge.
Flint Hills Windmill
This scene was found on a trip through the Flint Hills, in Chase County. Another photo, very similar, from the same trip is available on the wallpapers page. This one was put together from images of different exposure, using HDR (high dynamic range) techniques.