PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Spanish Peaks

Spanish Peaks

Spanish Peaks, Colorado The east and west Spanish Peaks rise high above a nearby valley on the eastern edge of the Sangre de Cristo range.
Cinquefoil

Cinquefoil

On the edge of a rocky slope, on the banks of Blue Lake, in the Cuchara region of Colorado small patches of this variety of cinquefoil glowed in the sunshine. Emporia Camera Club’s Annual Print Show The annual photographic Exhibition opened on Sunday, June 10th...
Smiling Silos

Smiling Silos

Scott City, Kansas What could make you feel more welcome, when entering a strange town, that a giant orange silo complex smiling at you from above the trees. This is found near highway 83 on the north edge of the city.
Flooded Country Road

Flooded Country Road

Lyon County This passage through the trees on a country road northeast of Emporia is submerged by rising creek waters. Roads in the area are clay and dirt and it’s a no man’s land for while after something like this. I’ve been in that kind of mud a...