Historic Moment

Very, very rare photograph of the last time Indian Mound in Northeast Kansas City erupted. According to native lore it was shortly before 1700.  This picture was taken by a trapper who was just passing through.   The photograph, which is a glass plate negative, can be found in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute.

A Walk Around

 Bored, so I headed up to Kessler Park and just walked around.   Nice views, always changing.

 Above, the Judge Wallace house.  Below, an idea stolen directly from Stephanie Maskill-Alewel, the Kansas City Museum Magnolias are ready.

In Memory Of Snows Past

No meaningful snows this year in Northeast... here are a couple of shots from the past.  2011 Above 1990s below.  Top is digital image. Bottom is 4x5 black and white film scanned on an Epson 3200. 

Spring On The Forest Floor

These flowers, called Spring Beauties, come up toward the end of March and only last for a couple of days.  They are very tiny, only as large as an average thumbnail.

 These photos were taken with a Nikon F4 film camera using Kodachrome 64.  105mm lens, tripod, shot at ISO 80.   Scanned on an Epson 3200.