Recently

Recently my trustworthy camera has been not so trustworthy, I have not been shooting much on my walks. Here are a few things happening in the back pasture.

 Hen and Chicks

 Crape Myrtles are lovin the heat.

 Our version of an owl to keep away snakes, doesn't really work.

 This little guy was living dangerously,

 a moment later stinky the cat appears.

Tomatoes have been really great this year, as have onions, asparagus, grapes, and peaches. Usually the rain shuts off here in late July this year everything seems to be a month early.

At the Auction

 A few photos taken from an auction I attended last week.

This was a consignment auction, meaning several people had items up for sale and some of the proceeds were going to a good cause; The Annual Katy Days Festival in Parsons. The auctioneers donated their time, there was lemonade and cookies. Every so often a nice breeze cooled the air under the tent. Items went high and items went really reasonable. The three dollars in my pocket stayed there unfortunately, even though I had a number and was ready for the bid.

Peaches

Last year we had an ice storm in spring that left no blossoms on the tree, this year it seems to have made up for it.
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Memorial Day Weekend Katy Days

 I spent Sunday over in Parsons Kansas at "Katy Days".  Parsons is sort of a railroad town here in SE KS, folks get together and celebrate on Memorial Day some of that heritage. The Katy comes from the Railroad company that went through most often, The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway. Sunday saw a warm morning and good turn out for the events. A religious service, prayer, barbershop quartets singing gospel, speeches dedicated to our servicemen and women, and families sitting in the shade.

Buffalo burgers, onion blossoms, the aroma of good barbecue, among the food vendors. 

Tractor rides.

Trains Rides

Some vintage modes of transportation,

and home made root beer.

Along Gravel Roads

 Some photos taken from a slow ride along a gravel road recently.

 Cactus is in bloom.

 Butterfly Milkweed

Milkweed

Schermerhorn Park

Stopped in at one of my favorite places in SE Kansas; Schermerhorn Nature Center Outside Galena Kansas. Super spot to take lids, trails, a cave, lots of hand on stuff, heres the official web site
http://www.kansastravel.org/schermerhornpark.htm

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