Mouse Haven in Mouse Haven in Winterthe Snow

Mouse Haven in Flint Hills Winter mary todd

Mouse story click to view large

Farms on the Konza: Beautiful Sunrise, Cows Mooing, and Clouds Screaming Color!

Even though my fingers were FREEZING
I left the pile of warm cozy, ran outside and took some videos (posted below) of a typical fabulous Flint Hills Sunrise. I love the Konza Prairie! I love the Great Plains! (is Great Plain an oxymoron?)

Most Photos are untouched but shrunk.

Flint Hills Farm mary todd

Morning Farm in the Flint Hills mary todd

Fine Art in the Flint Hills mary todd

Winter Prairie Farm mary todd

Winter Flint Hills Moon mary todd

 The morning moon seemed wrapped in a grainy fog.

Sunflower Winter Remains mary todd

 Dead Sunflowers Reach for Strange Clouds

Winter Skies on the Prairie mtodd

 Sailfish in the Sky.

Prairie Farm in Winter mary Todd

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Fine Art in the Flint Hills Treeline on the Farm Mary Todd

 The view north.

I will insert the videos after a couple of whimsy moments:

Plastic Wrapped Winter Sky mary todd

Mary Todd Treeline

and in the daytime:





very Large File: Bare Trees in Morning Moon Light

Bare Trees in Morning Moonlight mary todd

Winter Palette on the Tallgrass Prairie

The combined forces of

• unrelenting winds sweeping in from the Colorado Rockies, 
• an open door to the polar air from the north, 
• and generous helpings of snow, ice, sleet and rain---

combine to give a chilly blue, white and grey color palette to much of the prairie during winter months.

Snowy Flint Hills Winter mary todd

[However, in the next post,

 the additions of some creamy salmon shades and even several yellows 

can brighten the scene...]

Sunflowers in Blizzard by Mary Todd

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Watercolor Cows in Winter mary todd

Mouse Haven in Kansas Blizzard mary todd

Farm in the Flint Hills mtodd

The State Bird... Meadowlark in Icy Flint Hills Winter mktodd