West of Marysville ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysville%2C_Kansas ) , where my wife went to high school, on our way to a 50th annive...

Marysville, Kansas, is a town of about 3,300 located where the pink heart is in the outline of the state. Mrs. C went to high school there, ...

Placed directly opposite the exit from the Walmart where you can't possibly miss it. Keep in mind, however, that Kansas just resoundingl...

It's beastly hot and humid here so I haven't been out to shoot any new local material. We'll poke around Kansas a little more, t...

Seen in the Empty Cup Cafe in Marysville, Kansas, where the food is good and varied. Good behavior, however, is expected of all, or else.   ...

Landoll Lanes, Marysville, Kansas, on a Friday night. There is a lot of purple, maybe because it's the color of Kansas State Univer...

Very late post today. There is entirely too much on my plate. The economy of Marysville, Kansas, has been stabilized by the presenc...

Top: something else found in the Salty Dog Saloon. I'm sure Jesus loves everyone, even senators from Kentucky. Bottom: a church in...

Looking north from the parking lot of our motel in Marysville, Kansas.  This can be a land of violent thunderstorms. The town lost powe...

One of Marysville's attractions is the Koester House, with its museum and somewhat strange gardens. German immigrant Charles (Karl...

1. Audition for a slasher movie, maybe. At breakfast at the Wagon Wheel Cafe. The knife wasn't very sharp. 2. A more traditiona...

I've been visiting here a time or two a year for more than 40 years. Mrs. C went to high school here and grew up on a farm 17 miles...

A last photo from Kansas. There is a brand of gasoline, Sinclair, whose logo is a bright green brontosaurus. Appropriate for a fossil f...

Highlight and shadow In Kansas. Older American motels, those not part of a chain, traditionally have a prominent sign that says either ...

Marysville, Kansas, High School, has an annual reunion for the classes with major graduation anniversaries, about 40 years and up. Mrs....

Out here in Kansas you can photograph all the trains you want. Long haul trains, carrying coal and grain and every kind of freight. Jus...

Thanksgiving in Marysville, Kansas, at the home of my mother-in-law, Elvira Kruse. She lives on Keating Street, above, on the edge of t...

Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Sir Walter Scott ...

Thanksgiving dinner at Elvira Kruse's Home in Marysville, Kansas. First, the star of our show, who has not decided it's time to...

. We brought Thanksgiving dinner from St. Louis and did final assembly at Carolyn's mother's home. She lives in a new housing...