1/16/19

My property has an old 1800s stone house on it that has been slowly deteriorating unfortunately.  It makes for an interesting photography subject.  I thought it looked especially nice in the lovely snow we had this past weekend.

12/12/15

Dreary day out today.  We are supposed to get rain.  I took this image on a day like today but hopefully we will avoid the ice this time around.  This is an old rural school near where I work that I think would make a cool home.  Someone does own it and they keep it up, the roof is not that old and the grounds are always mowed.  I always wonder why they aren't making it into a home.  Anyway, I thought it looked lovely in among the icy bushes and tree. 

11/25/15

Well, looks like our last nice day for a while.  I need to get out and do some things.  Anyway, today's image is one I went 16 miles out of my way to see in Lincoln County, Kansas, west of here.  It's a historic double arch limestone bridge that was built in 1908.  This is a 2 shot panoramic image of it.  It spans the south fork of Spillman Creek which was dry on the day I was there in October.  When it was built they used wooden arches to support the rocks until the final Key Rock, the uppermost center one in each arch, was set in place.  It originally had stone banisters on each side but they were removed to widen the bridge.  In 1946 it was part of a state highway.  In 1993 it saw it's last use when the highway was moved a bit to the west to straighten out some sharp curves in the road.  I liked the textures and color the limestone has taken on, not typical and made me wonder if it had been coated with something.