The Sunflower In – west wall
Melvern, Kansas The Sunflower In leaves one with a mix of feelings. The aging environment feels like a homey refuge. There’s a charm that pulled me in and held me as I visited with the owner of the store. It all felt so real and human. Smaller than most living rooms,…
Twisted Trees
Oh, Home on the Quarry
This old home, just north of Melvern, now sits at the entrance to a rock quarry.
The Crystal Plaza
Ottawa, Kansas
The Carnegie Cultural Center – Ottawa
Built in 1903, this handsome building was originally a Carnegie Library. Both this and the Franklin County Courthouse, just a block north, were designed by Kansas architect George P. Washburn. Ottawa now hosts an art gallery and cultural events in the center.
Jelly Beans
Off to the edges of a tiny store in Melvern, Kansas, the Sunflower In, jelly beans in a coin operated dispenser catch a shaft of sunlight.
Corn Stalks
A Single Golden Leaf
Nope, I found it this way. Late this afternoon the sun illuminated a flower bed by a neighbors house. I couldn’t tell you what the plants are, but the autumn colors are an earthy red, very warm and luminous as the light wraps over them. A single gold colored…
A Season for Yellows #3
A Season for Yellows #2
A Season for Yellows
The light through the trees was blinding. (This is a very light image and may get lost on some computer monitors.)
Plowed Field and Farm House
No epiphanies here… just another day between dirt and sky.
November Grass
Leaves in Hollow Post
The old bridge supports, shown a couple days ago, were hollow from age. This view is looking down inside one of them.
