Svensk Hyllningsfest 2005

The 2005 Svensk Hyllningsfest, Lindsborg’s biennial celebration to honor the Swedish pioneers who settled the Smoky Valley, has come and gone. I had the distinct honor and pleasure of attending my first Hyllningsfest … Read more

Late Afternoon

Just having some fun on a Kansas gravel road: :: It’s true, I do like pictures of cloudscapes: :: Oh, and I see it’s after midnight. Happy Birthday Mom! Love and miss you! … Read more

Photos of Our Yorkie

The most popular page on this site is a bit surprising. It’s the July 2003 archive page. A bit of investigating revealed that the page is very popular due to the fact that … Read more

Posole (Hominy Soup) Recipe

I made one of my favorite dishes tonight, for the first time, and it turned out great! Posole (also spelled pozole) is a hominy and pork based stew from Mexico; I first tried … Read more

One Year Ago

We arrived in Lindsborg on a Monday morning, one year ago today. We had spent the night before in Dodge City, and eager to see our new home, we left bright and early … Read more

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Sheryl took a couple of great pictures of a black swallowtail butterfly that was fluttering around our back yard a few days ago. I contributed a couple of early fall flower images, and … Read more

Mt. Zion National Park

After we left the Bridgeport area, we drove across Nevada and into southeastern Utah. We spent the night a few miles east of Mt. Zion National Park, and had enough time for a … Read more

Monarch Butterfly Photo

I was lucky enough to get a reasonably nice picture of a Monarch Butterfly perched on one of the flowers on our back deck. At first I wasn’t sure if it was a … Read more