2010 recap

Here it is an hour before December and I write this with a heavy heart.  I didn't see any tornadoes this year.  Technically, there was one there, we think, rotation in the clouds, rotation in the wheat before us, but no visible tornado.

I'm thinking about selling photos next year online and in a little shop in Kechi when it's built.  I'll entertain ideas on whether to sell them framed, unframed, in sets, as a one shot deal, or as part of a series.  Let me know your thoughts either here or on facebook. 

As always, thanks for being out there.  I get stats on visits to the pages, and I'm not doing too bad.  Don't be shy on comments.

Now onto 2010 in recap:

January

Had fog and freezing temps all morning.  At work I could see the trees across the street had a little frost on them.  Thought I would head home and grab the camera.  As I neared the house, the fog thickened and it became colder.  It frosted heavier on the trees and one of the farmers just tilled his land causing a nice contrast in color.

Suddenly the trees were flashing by us


Clouds reflecting fast across your eyes

We turned into a frozen meadow

The wind the only sound

'We'll know where when we get there' you said

Sonic Youth "Hoarfrost"
 
Special thanks to Mike Taylor for introducing me to the term.
 
 
More later.

2010

Turkey time is almost here and working on a recap of 2010.  It was a lame year, but had decent pics.

Stay tuned.

Happy Fall

From our October Blaze Maple in the back yard.

Double Rainbow, What does it mean???

No tip of the hat to the YouTube dude.
I didn't stand out in the yard yelling "What does it mean"?

Kansas State Squall line

It's amazing how many people you are out of town at the same location.  On Saturday September 25, 2010 a rather nasty squall line went through Manhattan, Kansas as the KState Football game was underway.  The first two pictures are from long time friend Micaela Barnes who was at the game.  Notice the low hanging clouds at the bottom of the first photo that were slowly rotating.

These were lifted from the Eagle and ESPN.

Apparently the professionals can't get the Physics right either.

Second Season 091510 Tornado warnings

I've been hoping for weather, really of any type.  I noticed earlier in the week that maybe there might be some sort of storms going through the area today.  When I went out this afternoon, I was pleasently suprised.  A cold front touched several strong storms in the area.

The ones pictured here had funnels associated with it in Reno County and over Cheney Lake,  I watched this wall cloud collapse and reform three times before the rumors of hail associated with the storm made me decide to go home, that and a dead battery on the camera.    

The area had strong updraft (note the rain curtains on both sides) and gobbled the small clouds that were forming below it in the humidity getting absorbed by the storm.  Even though I really didn't see any of the funnels, it was nice to go on an early fall, second season run.

clouds

Nothing else really going on . . .