Low Area in the Woods
Melvern Lake, Kansas – When water is high driftwood settles across the depression. It’s dry now and a refuge for spiders and ticks.
Melvern Shoreline
Melvern Lake, Kansas – This is a favorite stretch of shoreline west of the Sundance area, about a 1/2 mile walk through grasslands and woods. It’s a great place to look for fossils. Worthenia tabulata fossils wash up with the waves and can be found among the…
Two-face Spider
This beauty was found doing a trapeze act in my garage this afternoon, illumined by light through the open door. Actual size: ~1/2 inch
Reflecting
Visiting art shows – always makes me burn a little inside, hungry to improve. A wonderful exhibit by Terry Evans is up now at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University.
Natural Lights
I think it’s purple poppy-mallow with a touch of milkweed fluff. This was photographed in June in Chase County, Kansas but I’m just getting around to posting it.
Hillside
Flint Hills, Kansas
Building a Travois
In this slideshow Dr. Joyce Thierer demonstrates traditional tools and techniques in the building of a travois.
Lock Mechanism
A look at the rear of an antique door safe in Goessel revealed this gorgeous combination lock mechanism, showing fine craftsmanship, intricate patterns and elegant engineering.
Shambles, Denmark
Remnants of a garage, implement and supply store in Denmark, Kansas
Denmark Bank
Denmark, Kansas
Summer Corn Field – after the harvest
Riley County, Kansas
Daddy Longlegs (Opiliones)
My mom said that when she was a little girl she would ask the daddy longlegs to help her find the cows. The leggy creatures would lift one limb and that’s where she’d go to find the herd. These were found in Riley County. To learn more, check out Wikipedia
Mud Volleyball
More photos are available in the slideshow Nickerson, Kansas – Now this looks like a great way to spend a scorching hot summer day, a mud volley ball tournament. It happens every year during “Klear Nearly Days” in Nickerson.
Swallow Nests #2
Another study in natural vs artificial forms
Swallow Nests #1
Natural forms on concrete