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Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Sunday, March 12, 2017
American Farm Photos (Plus One of Swaledale Sheep)
Corn on Eastern Shore of Maryland
Schultz Farm, Kansas
Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Swaledale sheep, Malham,Yorkshire, England
A pizza farm, Cochrane, Wisconsin
Hamilton, Florida
Picking cotton in Georgia
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Wildfires in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, & Colorado
Since the beginning of March, it seems as if there has been a "Huge Sale" on wildfires. There's a relatively small wildfire that began on 4 March in Mississippi; named the Missala, it's 90% contained and has burned 500 acres. Florida has four wildfires burning: the Badcock Grub Road fire is 75% contained and has burned 400 acres; the Hickory Tree fire is also 75% contained, but has burned only 110 acres. The Trail fire, southwest of Miami-Dade, has burned 1,065 acres and is 75 % contained. The big fire in Florida is the Lee Williams Road fire that has burned 6,500 acres and is only 15% contained.
Our two major wildfires in Colorado have almost burned out, and are 100% contained. The Wellington fire in Larimer County burned 2,000 acres. The Logan and Phillips County fire burned homes, more than 200 cattle, and burned 32,550 acres.
The other fires in three other states are all still total wildfires - except one small fire near Amarillo, Texas that is 100% contained. The total amounts of areas burned in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas are staggering: more than 861 square miles have burned in Kansas; more than 700 square miles have burned in Texas: and in Oklahoma, more than 1,406 square miles are charcoal. Livestock and wildlife have lost their lives, but, most importantly, seven people have died from smoke inhalation and/or burns. I mourn all of them.
Since 4 March, twenty-three counties in Kansas have had wildfires, and more than 1,000 square miles have burned. In Reno County, more than 6,000 acres have burned, and that fire is 70% contained. In Comanche County, more than 236 square miles are charcoal, and the fire is approaching the Kiowa County line to the north. West of Comanche County is Clark County, and 85% of the county, or 625 square miles, has burned. That fire is out of control.
In the state of Texas, the small fire near Amarillo is contained, as stated previously, but there are two other large fires burning in the panhandle. The first, near the Oklahoma state line, has burned 492 square miles, and killed 3 people. The second fire, a few miles south of the larger one, has burned 210 square miles.
Oklahoma has suffered the largest area burned, with over 1,406 square miles. they have three separate wildfires alight. The Starbuck fire began in Beaver County, Oklahoma and has crossed over into Kansas. The 283 fire is burning in Harper County; and the Selman fire is burning in both Woodward and Harper Counties.All three of these wildfires are only 10% contained.
Wow. I just totaled the amounts of land burned so far in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and found that 3,021 square miles are scorched earth..... We need rain and/or snow!
Most of these fires have destroyed, or will continue to destroy, agricultural land. These areas are farming country - livestock, mostly cattle; and grain and vegetable farms. The food meant for our tables is being burned before it was able to produce a harvest. Look for the cost of eating staples to rise.....
Our two major wildfires in Colorado have almost burned out, and are 100% contained. The Wellington fire in Larimer County burned 2,000 acres. The Logan and Phillips County fire burned homes, more than 200 cattle, and burned 32,550 acres.
The other fires in three other states are all still total wildfires - except one small fire near Amarillo, Texas that is 100% contained. The total amounts of areas burned in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas are staggering: more than 861 square miles have burned in Kansas; more than 700 square miles have burned in Texas: and in Oklahoma, more than 1,406 square miles are charcoal. Livestock and wildlife have lost their lives, but, most importantly, seven people have died from smoke inhalation and/or burns. I mourn all of them.
Since 4 March, twenty-three counties in Kansas have had wildfires, and more than 1,000 square miles have burned. In Reno County, more than 6,000 acres have burned, and that fire is 70% contained. In Comanche County, more than 236 square miles are charcoal, and the fire is approaching the Kiowa County line to the north. West of Comanche County is Clark County, and 85% of the county, or 625 square miles, has burned. That fire is out of control.
In the state of Texas, the small fire near Amarillo is contained, as stated previously, but there are two other large fires burning in the panhandle. The first, near the Oklahoma state line, has burned 492 square miles, and killed 3 people. The second fire, a few miles south of the larger one, has burned 210 square miles.
Oklahoma has suffered the largest area burned, with over 1,406 square miles. they have three separate wildfires alight. The Starbuck fire began in Beaver County, Oklahoma and has crossed over into Kansas. The 283 fire is burning in Harper County; and the Selman fire is burning in both Woodward and Harper Counties.All three of these wildfires are only 10% contained.
Wow. I just totaled the amounts of land burned so far in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and found that 3,021 square miles are scorched earth..... We need rain and/or snow!
Most of these fires have destroyed, or will continue to destroy, agricultural land. These areas are farming country - livestock, mostly cattle; and grain and vegetable farms. The food meant for our tables is being burned before it was able to produce a harvest. Look for the cost of eating staples to rise.....
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Mom & Dad
Yesterday would have been my parents' 68th wedding anniversary - they were married in a double wedding ceremony in Pocomoke City, Maryland by the Reverend John Ditto. The other couple married were Mom's sister, Ruth, and Earle Gordon; they divorced after 9 years. It seems funny that an Oklahoma/Kansas farm boy and the daughter of a waterman of Chincoteague would meet and marry. Dad joined the US Navy in 1939 to become a bomber pilot. Poor man - he washed out of the program because he had no depth perception. So he was sent to the Ford Company and became an expert on airplane engines, and went to sea on an aircraft carrier.
Mom was born and raised on Chincoteague Island. Her father was a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States. But her maternal line goes back to the first land patents on the island, and the Whealton family. Having been on, or around, the island for more than 300 years, she was related to almost every "old timer" family there in Accomac County, and along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. Pop-pop's Swedish relatives lived in New York City, and were a backbone of the Fulton Fish Market. Mom-mom was a true Chincoteaguer, and had the Whealtons' fiery temper.
Mom and Dad met at NAS Chincoteague, over on the mainland. Mom was working as a cashier in the base's Ship's Store, and, of course, Dad was a customer, posted to the base. At that time, he was being endoctrinated in radar systems, having just returned from a stint in the Caribbean. Mom thought he was a dashing Puerto Rican, with his deep tan, black hair and moustache, light green eyes, and the way he could speak a few Spanish phrases. Dad thought Mom was extremely straight-forward, to the point, and had a great sense of humor.
After a little over a year of wooing, Dad proposed and Mom accepted - after he had to confess one thing. Mom had told him during their second date that she would never marry a man who was younger than she was. Dad found out how old she was, and added two years on top of that when she asked his age. Proposal day had him confess that he was actually two years younger than Mom - she laughed, and then accepted his proposal. Their honeymoon was in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mom's sister, meanwhile, had accepted the proposal of her boyfriend, Earle Gordon; and so the double wedding in Pocomoke City took place. They were married in 1948; Dad died in 1980; and Mom never remarried. She passed away in 2001.
This photo was taken by my Aunt Ruth, about a months before the weddings - her fiance, Earle Gordon, is toward the front of the photo. Mom and Dad are in the back, Dad at the tiller, and Mom is wearing her favorite jacket, made of fringed buckskin. She always loved ponies, horses, and the West.
Mom was born and raised on Chincoteague Island. Her father was a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States. But her maternal line goes back to the first land patents on the island, and the Whealton family. Having been on, or around, the island for more than 300 years, she was related to almost every "old timer" family there in Accomac County, and along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. Pop-pop's Swedish relatives lived in New York City, and were a backbone of the Fulton Fish Market. Mom-mom was a true Chincoteaguer, and had the Whealtons' fiery temper.
Mom and Dad met at NAS Chincoteague, over on the mainland. Mom was working as a cashier in the base's Ship's Store, and, of course, Dad was a customer, posted to the base. At that time, he was being endoctrinated in radar systems, having just returned from a stint in the Caribbean. Mom thought he was a dashing Puerto Rican, with his deep tan, black hair and moustache, light green eyes, and the way he could speak a few Spanish phrases. Dad thought Mom was extremely straight-forward, to the point, and had a great sense of humor.
After a little over a year of wooing, Dad proposed and Mom accepted - after he had to confess one thing. Mom had told him during their second date that she would never marry a man who was younger than she was. Dad found out how old she was, and added two years on top of that when she asked his age. Proposal day had him confess that he was actually two years younger than Mom - she laughed, and then accepted his proposal. Their honeymoon was in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mom's sister, meanwhile, had accepted the proposal of her boyfriend, Earle Gordon; and so the double wedding in Pocomoke City took place. They were married in 1948; Dad died in 1980; and Mom never remarried. She passed away in 2001.
This photo was taken by my Aunt Ruth, about a months before the weddings - her fiance, Earle Gordon, is toward the front of the photo. Mom and Dad are in the back, Dad at the tiller, and Mom is wearing her favorite jacket, made of fringed buckskin. She always loved ponies, horses, and the West.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Assorted Photos
This manatee was spotted off Cape Charles, Virginia earlier this week.
Chief Mountain, Montana
Red squirrel, Wales
Puffins
Kansas
Sunset on Sanibel Island, Florida
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Christmas Lights in the USA
The Plaza in Kansas City, Kansas
Decorated roadway in Grand Prairie, Texas
I like icicles, myself.... (Colorado)
Shore Acres State Park, Oregon
Tree of lights in Hampton Roads, Virginia
Friday, February 1, 2013
Abandoned Houses
The Le Beau House in Louisiana
The Franklin Castle in Ohio
A house in Doniphan County, Kansas
A farmhouse in West Virginia
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Thursday, September 30, 2010
A Tribute to Theoda Smith Nocks
Aunt Theoda passed away yesterday evening. I do not think that a family member was there with her in her last hours, because her daughter did not let anyone in the family know that her Mother had stopped eating ten days ago, and that the daughter had approved of water given only orally. Now, please don't read this the wrong way. I'm certain that's what Aunt Theoda would have wanted, in the end. But it would have been nice if her daughter had told other family members that her Mother was not long for the world. Aunt Theoda has been in the hospital, followed by a nursing home since falling and breaking her hip more than five years ago. After her hip replacement, she would not do her physical therapy; after 9 months in the rehab facility, she began showing signs of Alzheimer's. For the last three years, Aunt Theoda has not recognized anyone within the family when they visited. Elenor, Aunt Theoda's only surviving child, called and informed my cousin Sarah of her Grandmother's death with very little feeling. Sarah, who had grown up seeing her Grandparents every weekend, if not every day, was stunned by the death, as Elenor had not told anyone that Aunt Theoda was failing. Sarah and her sister Pam would have been there in a heart-beat to sit with their Grandmother; to talk to her, share memories, read to her, and discuss family times together even if she could not respond. Instead, Aunt Theoda died alone.
Aunt Theoda was one of those who grew up during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl years; she and her family were of old farmer stock, and, like the Nocks family, the Smith family made do with what they had when they had it. They worked hard, they played hard, and they loved deeply. Aunt Theoda married Uncle El while she was in high school, but managed to finish her senior year, while Uncle El worked on a neighbor's farm. While Uncle El served in the Navy, Aunt Theoda worked their own farm and raised their kids, two sons and a daughter. Uncle El was a good farmer, and preferred to use the horse and plow on a field, rather than a tractor. Aunt Theoda raised prize-winning rabbits, domestic fowl, and usually won the baking contests at the local fairs. She was brought up to believe in community service, and, up until her fall and broken hip, she drove other locals without transportation to and from doctor and hospital appointments, even if it kept her out and about all day. Uncle El passed away quite suddenly, from a heart attack, like my Dad, his brother. Aunt Theoda spent three months recovering from the loss of her love, and set out once more, doing kindnesses for her community.
Theoda Smith Nocks will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Aunt Theoda was one of those who grew up during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl years; she and her family were of old farmer stock, and, like the Nocks family, the Smith family made do with what they had when they had it. They worked hard, they played hard, and they loved deeply. Aunt Theoda married Uncle El while she was in high school, but managed to finish her senior year, while Uncle El worked on a neighbor's farm. While Uncle El served in the Navy, Aunt Theoda worked their own farm and raised their kids, two sons and a daughter. Uncle El was a good farmer, and preferred to use the horse and plow on a field, rather than a tractor. Aunt Theoda raised prize-winning rabbits, domestic fowl, and usually won the baking contests at the local fairs. She was brought up to believe in community service, and, up until her fall and broken hip, she drove other locals without transportation to and from doctor and hospital appointments, even if it kept her out and about all day. Uncle El passed away quite suddenly, from a heart attack, like my Dad, his brother. Aunt Theoda spent three months recovering from the loss of her love, and set out once more, doing kindnesses for her community.
Theoda Smith Nocks will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
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