Last weekend, I took a drive to Council Grove, KS, and southward, into the Kansas Flint Hills. Gorgeous countryside.
Summer day at Kill Creek Park, southwest of Kansas City, MO.
With thanks to Citizen for a texture layer.
An iPhone shot. My desk is an old walnut table, originally a dining room table, something that's been in my family for quite a long time. I made it into the desk in my home office, a while back. I sit at that desk for several hours, every day. I very much enjoy the sense and recognition that I am touching the same table-top, the same piece of wood, that long-gone members of my family have touched so many times, over the years.
I think she was stalking a cicada when I took this shot. Carson is very fond of cicadas. Crunchy, tasty.
At Loose Park, Kansas City, MO. As my friend Mike said: "Where have all the children gone?" It was a bit spooky to see this place completely deserted on a hot summer day,
Thanks to SkeletalMess for a texture layer.
This little place way out south on Mission Road (south of Overland Park, KS; near Kansas City) has always fascinated me. I can't tell if it used to be a house -- or a gas station -- or both.
With thanks to Flypaper for a texture layer.
Little flowers on the bank of an algae-covered pond near Kansas City, MO. I'm thinking the heat is making the algae worse than it might otherwise be.
With thanks to Les Brumes for a texture layer.
On the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Gallery in Kansas City, MO. Photo taken by iPhone on a very hot summer afternoon.
