Eastside Park Update
I drove past the shelter house last night. The wooden roof (ceiling) looks to be completed.
Filed under: E-town, Eastside Park on August 31st, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Olde Towne Restaurant
On the way back from Great Bend recently, we stopped at the Olde Towne Restaurant in Hillsboro for their German buffet. There was verenike, German sausage, cherry moos and New Year’s cookies (fried donut holes with raisins.)
Filed under: Uncategorized, small towns, traveling on August 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Pinata Humor
Savage Chickens: Birthday Party
Filed under: other people's stuff on August 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Rock
A view of The Rock at Pawnee Rock State Historic Site.
Just down the road from The Rock is this teepee on private property.
Filed under: history, small towns on August 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Collaboration
If you get a chance before September 25, go in King Hall on the east side of the ESU campus and visit the Norman R. Eppink Gallery.
It’s a joint exhibit by Terry Maxwell and Josh Finley.
Maxwell has been a nationally-revered watercolorist for years. Finley, in addition to be an incredibly talented illustrator, plays in the [...]
Filed under: E-town, other people's stuff on August 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Sensory Garden
The Sensory Garden at the Audio-Reader building on the University of Kansas campus.
Audio-Reader is a reading service for the blind, visually impaired and print disabled.
The staff and volunteers for Audio-Reader decided that merely reading to the visually impaired wasn’t enough. So they created a garden for the senses.
Many plants are selected for their fragrance.
Some for [...]
Filed under: Kansans, columns, on the radio on August 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Bunge
Here’s a look at our soybean plant, Bunge (pronounced BUN-jee) North America. It’s on East Sixth in Emporia.
Filed under: E-town, buildings on August 28th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Dark
Remember not too long ago when it was still light outside at 9:00 p.m.?
Those days are gone. I just stepped outside into the dark darkness of 9 p.m. to take a picture of the dark to show you just how dark it is and I found a full moon out there. By golly, I’m just [...]
Filed under: life on the ground, seasons on August 27th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Flower Power
Tiger’s plain red collar was getting frayed and since we don’t want her to look like an orphan, we wrapped this snazzy new collar around her neck. Isn’t she the grooviest?
I stole that orphan line from my step-mother. Sometimes my dad would put on his ratty old overalls and walk to the elevator (Co-op) in [...]
Filed under: life on the ground on August 27th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
