by Dave | Feb 8, 2009 | Architecture, Cityscapes, Kansas Culture
McPherson, Kansas – Constructed in 1888, this Eclectic/Victorian marvel is on the National Register of Historic Places. The city is preserving the building and have completed plans for its renovation. In April the community will vote on a sales tax bump intended to...
by Dave | Feb 1, 2009 | Flint Hills, HDR, Kansas, Landscape, Winter
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Hartford, Kansas – Okay, I’m too noisy to sneak up on the ducks who reserve this area for their beach parties. Though it’s mostly iced over, I saw groups of mallards swimming in a few spots of open water....
by Dave | Jan 25, 2009 | Flint Hills, Soft Lights, Winter
Lyon County, Kansas – Who says you can’t have it both ways? This is a color rendition of the previous post… well, at least winter colors.
by Dave | Jan 25, 2009 | Black and White, Dissolving, Flint Hills, Winter
Lyon County, Kansas – Winter cabin fever is setting in so, gray skies or not, I drove through country, breathing in the feel of open roads. I stopped beside the ruins of an old farmstead. Fallen limbs and barbed wire lay coiled like snakes in the grass. Beyond the...
by Dave | Jan 24, 2009 | Fauna
It’s warmer to stay home and track wildlife in my living room. I often wonder how the world looks, through the eyes of other species.
by Dave | Jan 24, 2009 | Flint Hills, Landscape, Winter
Flint Hills, Lyon County, KansasThere isn’t much going on here, but I like the simplicity of the area, and all of the open quiet space. I visit this spot occasionally, along a country road not far from town. There’s something elegant about the sweep of...
by Dave | Jan 19, 2009 | Black and White, Flint Hills, Landscape
Winter landscape in the Flint Hills, Lyon County, Kansas
by Dave | Jan 18, 2009 | Industry, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
Michigan Valley, Kansas – There is more to this small town than a faded main street (previous post), so I’m adding a second photo to provide some balance. This active agriculture center provides important services for the area. The photo would be more...
by Dave | Jan 18, 2009 | Small Towns
The town has a large grain / elevator complex a couple blocks from this, but main street looks like this. A couple other buildings, nicely matched to this one, give it some company.
by Dave | Jan 11, 2009 | Flint Hills
Chase County, Kansas – St. Anthony Cemetery – This touching combination of figures was found when we were out looking for images that fit with setting of the book “The Virgin of Small Plains” by Nancy Pickard. The work was chosen by The Kansas Center for...
