Late Spring Evening, near Lindsborg

It was a very pleasant evening and after being cooped up in a hospital since Thursday Sheryl took full advantage of the opportunity to enjoy a nice sunset from Coronado Heights. There was a cloud that looked big enough to eat Lindsborg, but by sunset it had mostly dissipated….

As Sheryl put it, it was a Mother’s Day gift from nature when the cardinal and oriole posed for me late Sunday afternoon.

It wasn’t as good as the return of our apparently lost for good cockatiel, Ginger, would have been, (she flew off a few days ago and hasn’t been seen since), but we’ve been …

Late Friday afternoon was certainly the time for animal viewing at Maxwell State Park, southeast of Lindsborg. When we drove in from the east there was a small group of elk grazing on the south ridge. They were amenable to being photographed, so I set up and got started.

A few minutes …

There was a fire on Coronado Heights late in the afternoon today.  I drove out to see if I could get any photos of the fire and the fire fighting activity.  Keeping in mind that getting in the way was not an option, the closest I got to the fire was about 1/2 mile; yes, …

Here are a few photos I’ve taken over the past two weeks while driving the backroads of rural Kansas.

They caught my eye while I was reviewing some recent photos and I decided to put together a small batch to share; please enjoy this little mini-tour of north-central Kansas, from Mushroom Rock Park in the northwest …

We took a drive around town last night and ended up with a few photos of homes nicely decorated for the holidays. I had noticed how warm it was on Sunday evening (high 40s) but it was too late to go out. Last night, it was still warm, so we took off right …

Driving down Burma Road last evening I noticed the crescent moon was about to set right behind Coronado Heights. There was a convenient place to pull over, so I decided to try and take a few photos. As I was getting set up with my tripod, I noticed Venus was also shining brightly, which …