Cropland 1
Marion County, Kansas
Procession #2
Scene from Symphony in the Flint Hills 2009 – A full album of images from the event should be ready by week’s end.
Procession
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2009 – What can I say? It was incredibly moving, wonderfully organized, artful and full magic moments. It will take a few days to organize our photos from the event and to create a suitable web presentation. Although there are dimensions to…
Big Tents and Tipis
Doyle Creek Ranch, Marion County, Kansas — This community of tipis is just down the hill from the big tents on the main site of tomorrow’s Symphony in the Flint Hills event. The educational exhibit is filled with examples of beadwork, painted rawhide, and much…
Blue Prairie (revised)
Wildflowers stretch to the horizon on a Lyon County pasture, found off highway 99, south of Admire, Kansas. (Revision note: the image isn’t blue anymore but I kept the title. The previous version was fine at large size, but just didn’t hold its detail…
Grass Seed Heads (monochrome version)
In the Lyon County, Kansas countryside
Prairie Dust Yellows
Doyle Creek Ranch, Marion County, Kansas – Site of this weekend’s Symphony in the Flint Hills concert.
Rise
Doyle Creek Ranch, Marion County, Kansas
Downed Tents
Doyle Creek Ranch, Marion County, Kansas — Pools of rain gather in low spots of tent roofs brought to earth during a weekend storm. The tents, raised a few days ago for the 2009 Symphony in the Flint Hills event, were blown down on Sunday evening by unusually violent…
Field Border
Dickinson County, Kansas — After a series of spring rains the fields along highway 4, stretching from Elmo, across Carlton, and into Gypsum, were lush and full of color. The interplay of colors in the fields, culverts, and borders break up the flat landscape. I walked…
Goldenrod and Daisy Patch
Off Highway 99, near Admire, Kansas (if I remember right)
Farmland Textures
Along Highway 4, Dickinson County, Kansas
Lunch at the Wild Alfalfa Cafe
Along Road FF, east of Hwy 177, Morris County, Kansas – Perched on top of a sprig of wild alfalfa I found this strange creature, about 3/4 inch actual size. I’m surprised it’s as sharp as it is, since the plant was swaying in the wind while I tried to…
Deer in Velvet
Road FF east off Hwy 177, Morris County, Kansas – Though it’s a little hard to see in the web verison, the deer’s antlers are still in velvet. This a beautiful drive through the Flint Hills in the Council Grove area, with small patches of woodland,…
Salvia Pollination
Salvias use a lever mechanism to help cross-pollination along. When a pollinator, like this bee, enters the flower a lever moves the stamens into contact with the back of the bee. When the bee moves to another salvia, this same movement brings the stigma of the new…