Fireman’s Boots
This is part of a fireman’s gear on a Council Grove fire engine, ready for quick use. Nine firemen lost their lives last night in a Charlotte, South Carolina warehouse fire when the roof collapsed. It’s a dangerous, important job they do. This image was originaly…
Tent Concert
A colorful tent spread over a Council Grove side street offers refuge from the sun and heat during Washunga Days. The singer is crooning “May I have this dance for the rest of my life”, a wedding anniversary offering to his wife in the audience.
Miss Kansas
Not the most sophisticated backdrop for our reigning Miss Kansas, but nevertheless, here she is in the Wa-Shung-Ga Days parade, waving to all the rest of us flyover people.
Candy Patrol at the Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade
Sack in hand, this kid well prepared to load up on candy tossed from the parade floats.
Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade Float
Friends of Council Grove’s Butler County Community College wait for the Wa-Shun-Ga Days parade to start. The entry, decked out with school colors, includes a line of covered wagons and limestone rock. You have no idea how difficult it was, locating a purple…
Dunlap, Kansas
There really isn’t much left of Dunlap. A quick drive through convinced me that it has more rusting junk cars than any town I’ve visited. Decay is deep on the neighborhoods, though the edges of town were rich with wild daylilies and trumpet vine. At least…
Stone on Arkansas Forest Floor
This was photographed years ago but never published, though I really like the image. The lines on the surface of the rock make it seem as if it’s wrapped with a string.
Chevy Pickup Truck
Waterville, Kansas
Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Wabaunsee, Kansas
Deer and Aspens
Southeast Colorado
Western Kansas Evening
Sundown on the ol’ prairie
Spanish Peaks
Spanish Peaks, Colorado The east and west Spanish Peaks rise high above a nearby valley on the eastern edge of the Sangre de Cristo range.
Sunflowers on Highway 50
Sunflowers line the borders of railroad beds on Highway 50
Cinquefoil
On the edge of a rocky slope, on the banks of Blue Lake, in the Cuchara region of Colorado small patches of this variety of cinquefoil glowed in the sunshine. Emporia Camera Club’s Annual Print Show The annual photographic Exhibition opened on Sunday, June 10th…
Smiling Silos
Scott City, Kansas What could make you feel more welcome, when entering a strange town, that a giant orange silo complex smiling at you from above the trees. This is found near highway 83 on the north edge of the city.