A Working Landscape
You are warmly invited to the opening of “A Working Landscape” featuring 22 of my images. The show is installed at Pioneer Bluffs, just to the north of Matfield Green, Kansas. The opening party is Saturday afternoon, from 3 to 5 p.m. Anna Patricia Keller of New Mexico…
Crabapple Visit
Green Lacewing
Tracking down and photographing insects is among my favorite things to do. So, now that bug season is upon us, I can be found nosing around in brush and weed patches. The green lacewing is a tiny, fragile insect. Overall length is just at 1/2 an inch. That’s a…
Feeding Time
Milk, gathered from one of the mama goats earlier, is hand-fed to the kid goats by Dennis Wiley. View the slideshow .
Rain Drenched Ravine
West of Matfield Green, Kansas – Spring rains are nurturing life in the Chase County Flint Hills. Music of the riffles fills the air, and there are even small fish darting among the rocks. That surprised me since these ditches were dry as bone not long ago.
Spring Morning
St. Patrick’s Day
For color, noise, and pure atmosphere the St. Patrick’s Day parade is a favorite. A SLIDESHOW of shapshots from the parade is also available
Rain-soaked Magnolia
Now blooming in the front grounds of Emporia State University.
Ron Dalbey
Effingham, Kansas – for background on the photo please visit Cheryl’s column Amelia’s Birthplace on Flyover People.
Wind Power
Elk River Wind Project, Butler County, Kansas
Blowin’ in the Wind
Caney River Wind Energy Project, Elk County, Kansas – The rural building in the foreground helps give a feeling of how mammoth these things are. Located just off the eastern edge of the Flint Hills in Elk County, construction of the wind farm is still underway. The…
The Davis Farm
I was exploring some rough country roads in Morris County,near Dunlap, when I came across this. It’s common to view these areas and wonder about the story behind them, the people who lived here. They are usually silent, but this site shares its past. Welded into…
Farm House #5014
A bit of plowed earth, some stubble, another day on this thin layer between dirt and sky.
Subtle Sunrise
Chase County, off Road 150 east of Marion
pomegranate
A pile of pomegranates caught my eye earlier today, when I was out fetching parsley for chicken noodle soup. Pomegranates have rich color and dimensions of symbolism, so they lend themselves easily to art studies, as they have for centuries.