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Out in the hills

May 14th, 2012 at 8:38 am

The Flint Hills, Chase County It’s hard to beat a view like this.

Flint Hills, landscape, life on the ground, sky

Stream on the Konza

April 30th, 2012 at 1:20 pm

A forested stream on a Konza Prairie trail near Manhattan.

landscape, nature

Pastoral Kansas

April 26th, 2012 at 12:26 pm

Pottawatomie County. Off in the distance, along the horizon to the left, is the Jeffrey Energy Center, where they turn coal into electricity.

landscape

Dave’s Opening at Pioneer Bluffs

March 27th, 2012 at 7:32 pm

  This Saturday. March 31, 3-5 p.m. Come to Matfield Green for the opening of Dave Leiker’s exhibit. And paintings by Anna Patricia Keller of NM. All of the fun will be at Pioneer Bluffs, just north of Matfield Green on K-177. ***

Art, events, landscape, life on the ground

Black Jack maples

February 4th, 2012 at 6:05 am

Black Jack Battlefield Park, Douglas County, Kansas.

history, landscape

On the pike

November 11th, 2011 at 7:20 am

Kansas Turnpike, between Emporia and Topeka.

landscape

Enjoying Autumn

November 1st, 2011 at 10:20 am

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ENJOYING AUTUMN Lying awake in bed at night, I listen to the trains pass through town. I can hear each one rumble into the city limits, its whistle blowing every few seconds as the locomotive approaches crossroads. It amazes me how our ears can discern […]

columns, landscape, life on the ground, nature

US 50

October 11th, 2011 at 6:33 am

September at the Tallgrass

October 1st, 2011 at 9:54 pm

Sure, it’s October now, but this is what September looked like at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City.

landscape

Two roads

September 29th, 2011 at 5:55 am

Stock pond

September 28th, 2011 at 7:45 am

High morning sun over a stock pond on the Tallgrass Prairie.

landscape