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Bee on Purple Coneflower

by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Fauna, Kansas

Butterflies, moths and bees were all thick around the purple coneflower at Nina’s (Toad Hollow) last week.

The Dark Side of the Web

by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Black and White, Fauna

I peeked inside of a spider’s lair today and this is what I found. A common garden spider nestled among his strands, beads of rain clinging at the junctions.

Flooding Corn Field

by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape

Corn fields east of Emporia along the Neosho River bank.

Rainy Day at the Farm

by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape

Muddy Country Road

by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape

Road N, east of Emporia Not a good day to “do dirt”. I had to cancel my extended road trip today, though I did get out a little bit. Rain continues to fall, the Neosho River continues to rise, and the woods are turning into rain forests. I went out to Toad...

Old motel

by Dave | Jun 30, 2007 | Kansas, Soft Lights

Last evening I visited Toad Hollow Daylily Farm to see how they are faring as they prepare for this weekends’ open house. Nina and a helper were out in the pouring rain “deadheading” the plants so they’d look nice today. Weather hasn’t...