Thistles
Afternoon sun is caught up in silky thistle fluff in an area along the Neosho River, in Kansas.
One-Room School House
Barton County, Kansas
Tin Roofed Barn
Backroad – Osage County, Kansas
Toys in the Attic
A cardboard box full of old toys sees the light after decades stored in the corner of a Pawnee Rock attic.
October, Mid-day – Osage County
A simple Kansas field in autumn colors, east of Burlingame. Not much going on, just the quiet openess we love so much out here.
Flint Hills Stream
Osage County, northeast of Burlingame – water ripples across a rocky stream bed as Autumn colors dominate the creek banks.
Hot Springs
A couple looks down above a steaming waterfall at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
H’lo
Praying mantises seem unusually common around here this fall. Maybe it’s because I’m spending more time consicious of the small lives in our shrubs, crawling across our sidewalks, doing highwire acts along our porches. Praying mantises are generally very…
The Flying Fish
Little Rock, Arkansas
Maybe if I Just Sneak By Quietly….
The title doesn’t really tell the true story here. The mantis didn’t seem the least bit intimidated by Milo (a neighbor’s cat who pretty much lives at our house). As I was photographing the mantis the old cat just walked over, plopped down behind it,…
High Schoolers Outside the Classroom
Young men and women show what they’re made of at the Kansas High School Rodeo Association competition at the Lyon County Fair Grounds. This is serious stuff, trying to stay on top of a ton of mad bull power. I was impressed.
Black Gum Leaves & Pine Cones
Arkansas Forest Floor
Zoltar
Hot Springs, Arkansas – Don’t know which way to turn, worried about the future? For half a buck the sage of the Hot Springs Strip is ready to answer.
Sweet Gum Colors
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Early Autumn colors are making a surprising power play in the Arkansas forest sweet gum trees. (This one’s for you Brenda)
Katydid
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Not everything that’s greeen is good in your salad. Carefully disguised to match its surroundings, this stealthy katydid is easy to miss.