Red Bud Leaves

Crawford County

These cool mornings are starting to have an effect on things around here.

Yellow and White

Crawford County

Crawford County

This morning was cool somewhere in the mid 40's! The honeysuckle is still blooming, the sumac is turning and the cottonwoods are already saying goodbye to their leaves.

Darter Dew

Darter At Dawn

Crawford County

Darter

Crawford County

Took a few pictures of this little guy yesterday at sunrise. I'm not really sure what kind he is, he seemed to be covered in dew.

Sunrise

Sunrise and Moon Over Farmstead

Leavenworth County

Last week my wife and I traveled to Northeast Kansas for a wedding. The young couple have been living together for a while and decided to make it official. It seems he might be shipping off to Irag this fall, they wanted to tie the knot. I couldn't help but think that as I watched the couple dance their first dance ,we need to bring all our boys and girls home. Small town weddings involve music, dancing, fun, beer, and folks visiting in pickups outside the hall. Its not uncommon for the local teenagers to wander in to dance. Afterwards we stayed at the in laws. We slept in a hundred year old rock farmhouse with the windows wide open, a cool breeze blowing all night. I woke before dawn and headed out to wander around and see the area. I found this old farmstead on a winding gravel road.

Wordless Wednesday

Farm Leavenworth County

Oscar

Oscar Crawford County

Oscar came to us via our oldest daughter recently, she had spotted him at the local humane society and decided she would give him the good try. He seemed a project, he must have had a rough life hes deathly afraid of people. He hides and peeks out and cowers, he wasn't leash trained and barely house trained, but not a growl or even a mean snap. My wife and I suggested he stay a while in the country with us. Charley the gregarious overweight beagle took to him immediately, and he seemed to like Charley too. Sophocles and Tippy the cats seemed OK with him, they cautiously kept their distance for a while. After a week we had him at least wagging his tail and he now will come up to us but keeps a cautious distance. Well I guess hes our for good because he seems happy here, my daughter was OK with that. We gave him a last name that fits his quirks, Oleary.

Behind the storm

Johnson County Tractor

My wife and I were on our way back from a wedding Sunday night in North East Kansas when we found ourselves driving into a severe thunderstorm. We decided rather than to drive through it we would set off on a exit ramp and explore some gravel roads until it passed.