PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Broadway Cab

Broadway Cab

View a slideshow of snapshots from Paxico's Meatloaf Festival and Car show.A long way from New York, this spiffy cab was one of my favorites at yesterday's car show. Other colorful stuff going on in Paxico was the Meatloaf Festival and a small parade.

Turtle Mug

Turtle Mug

This boy was laying in the sun on a minimum maintenance road out in the Flint Hills this morning. I'm sure he expected to get through the day un-annoyed. Nope. I saw a gray fox too, but he was too fast for me. Turtles I can keep up with.

Drainage

Drainage

Water run-off from recent thunderstorm adds some evening light to a patch of farmland.

Evening Storms – frame 5628

Evening Storms – frame 5628

West of Lyon County Fishing Lake, Kansas – I saw the rose colored light under that shelf of clouds, streaked with rain. I pulled to the side of the road, set up my tripod and managed to catch a flash of lightning in the mix.

Stuck

Stuck

A bullet-hole ventilated rusted hulk is a permanent enhancement of the fence, along the country road east of Teterville, in Greenwood County, Kansas.

Multi-tasking Bees

Multi-tasking Bees

Famous for their incredible work ethic, I was amazed to see the bees continue to gather pollen even while mating.

Crab Spider

Crab Spider

Found this morning on a wild blackeyed susan at the Flint Hills Natl. Wildlife Refuge (near Hardford, Kansas). The little buggers and tiny but have kind of a macho attitude.