by Dave | Sep 12, 2008 | The Natural World
Chase County State Lake
by Dave | Sep 11, 2008 | Fauna
Lyon County country road Milkweed bugs taste nasty. At least that’s what I read about them, and I’m content to believe whoever it was who tried one and passed on the news. It’s part of their defense. They absorb a nasty flavor from milkweed sap, then...
by Dave | Sep 10, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape, sunflowers, Wildflowers
Wabaunsee CountyThis image is also available as a computer wallpaper.Two other photos of this are also available here and here.
by Dave | Sep 10, 2008 | Architecture, HDR, Kansas, Small Towns
Florence, KansasLight pours in through the classic lines of a window crowning the front door of an 1889 school house. Some years back the site was lovingly pulled back from the brink, laboriously remodeled, and given a second life as a Bed and Breakfast. Now...
by Dave | Sep 9, 2008 | Wildflowers
Found along the edge of Munkers Creek (east of Council Grove Reservoir, Kansas)More photos are below. It’s easy to understand how this plant got its name. This beautiful flower can be found blooming now in semi-shaded moist areas, stream banks, and marshy areas....
by Dave | Sep 8, 2008 | Kansas, Landscape, Wildflowers
by Dave | Sep 7, 2008 | Fauna
by Dave | Sep 6, 2008 | Black and White, Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape, Soft Lights
Wabaunsee County
by Dave | Sep 5, 2008 | Wildflowers
by Dave | Sep 4, 2008 | Fauna
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...
