School House on Mill Creek Road
Wabaunsee County
Thistle Blossom
Golden Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Easily the prettiest spider around in her dressed-to-kill gown, fur collar and long black stockings. These beauties are also known as “writing spiders” because of the trademark zigzag pattern in their webs (shown just below her). They have three…
Anybody have a napkin?
This old hopper looks like he just left the wildflower buffet, pollen crumbs all over his chin and clothes. On the edge of highway 99, north of Emporia, a thicket of sunfowers is in full bloom. Grasshoppers pop and buzz across my path as I walk. But this big hopper…
Reclamation 4962
Dexter, Kansas
The H. D. Lee Flour Mill
Salina, Kansas The mill is now closed down. H.D. Lee was one of the foremost entrepreneurs in Salina. In addition to the flour mill he organized the H.D. Lee Mercantile Company, the Lee Hardware Company, Harvester Building Company, the Kansas Ice & Storage…
Stove Pipe at the Uptown Apartments
Salina, Kansas
Railroad Tracks
Above: Beaumont, KansasBelow: northwest Salina I’ve got the freight train blues Oh, lawdy mama got em on the bottom of my ramblin’ shoes And when the whistle blows, I gotta go Baby don’t you know It looks like I’m never gonna lose The freight…
Old Salina Flour Mills
Salina, Kansas When we were young and troublesome, Dad worked at the mill just beyond the green rail car. Some days we’d ride with Mom to drop off a sack lunch for him. It was always exciting to seem him come through one of the big doors and walk down the board…
Holt Grain Company
Cambridge, Kansas This uses HDR (high dynamic range) tricks to help capture the difficult to photograph back-lighting of this retired elevator.
Return of the Mantis
Here he is again, mugging in front of a blackeyed susan, and he brought friends. Here’s a quick sampling of critters busy in my yard this month. There are LOTS of grasshoppers too. I still don’t know what this is, but I’m looking for some kind of…
Reclamation 4978
Cambridge, Kansas
Escheresque Stairway
The United Building, Salina, Kansas – When I was growing up in Salina, this was (and still is) the closest thing to a skyscraper in the town. It’s only 10 stories tall but it towers above the surrounding buildings. Plus it had a very cool classic elevator,…
Butler County Courthouse
Eldorado,Kansas Contructed, 1909, in the Romanesque style using limestone, brick and ceramic tile, this is another George P. Washburn courthouse. The Ottawa based architect designed 13 of our state courthouses. The building is open to self-guided tours during normal…
Cambridge Elevator
Cambridge, Kansas – Population: ~100 More info on Blue Skyways. Google Map