Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Konza Prairie in Konzascope!

I really enjoy making panoramic photos. I remember someone, maybe Curtis, long ago lining up small 4x6 photos on a table and thinking how cool it was. Well, with digital technology, now the process of creating panoramas is as easy as snapping a line of pictures and stitching them together with software. The result being 'almost' seamless.

I'm sure most people out there have taken photos of scenic vistas, only to be disappointed after seeing the developed results, remembering how much more epic it actually was being there. Maybe not, but I know throughout my years of travel, to me this has happened over and over again.

I hope that with our Konzascope! panoramas, viewers will be able to get a much better visualization of the places we visit and speak about than what a normal aspect photo could provide.

Kansas is full of beautiful country and the only way to truly experience the grandeur of this state is to be a part of it. Getting out in rural Kansas is sure to open your senses to this beauty I describe. Until then, enjoy.


Konza Prairie Overlook off Highway K-177 (south of Manhattan)


Sunday, September 27, 2009

Berkley 420!

I bought this beautiful reel on Ebay last week and thought I'd show it off. It's brand new and around 40 - 50 years old... wait a sec, allow me to clarify. It WAS brand new half a century ago but it's been in the box and hasn't been on a rod, ever. It still has the original line on it which is well past its use-by date!

I haven't decided whether to actually fish with it or keep it cozy and safe in it's nice little box. I have two other slightly (cough) less pristine 420's so I'm thinking the latter.



Fish Heads


Eat them up, yum!

What do you do with a flathead's head when you've finished carving up the carcass? If you were me or Derek you'd spike that one-eyed bugger on a fence post and allow people the opportunity to ooh and awe/and or/cringe at it as they drive by. This one's on 296th road just north of the town of Silverdale, the home of many huge, sawed pieces of flat limestone.

Serious.

Cats!


Why do people keep dropping off kittens/cats in my yard?

This adorable little cutie has been here for a couple of weeks now and he/she is the most headstrong, assertive kitten I've ever seen. Of course, the other cats hate it and give him tons of grief.

Anyone out there need a kitten?

Indian Stuff


A couple of knives D and I discovered in a plowed field in Cowley county. The knife on the top shows a lot of use and abuse on the cutting edge, and the lower one appears to have been broken in half at some time in the past. We found a nice little point too, and I'm certain D will post a picture of it in good time.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Lizard Lips Grill and Deli

MmmmmMMMmmmMMmmmmm......

Good food made with all the love some mother could give it.

C'mon in!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Cat Crazed!

Friday, September 18, 2009

The Mayor of Big Sandy

Now that's a nice stringer!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

How bout some gar fishin?

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Fish Fry

.............................YUM!


Thursday, September 3, 2009

Copperhead

















We were down on Grouse Creek looking for a place to clean a fish when Derek spotted this beautiful little critter. After it crawled under a rock near the spot we had chosen we decided to find a different place.