Spectacular Waterfall in Junction City, Kansas!!!

Last Wednesday, a photography friend and I trekked to Geary Lake Falls (located south of Junction City) hoping to find water flowing over the dam.  We were not disappointed!  The weather was perfect for photography!  I was glad that I wore my boots as I had to walk through water to take the first five images below.

The waterfall is only active in the spring or after a heavy rain and we were blessed to have a recent rain in the area.

The waterfall spans about 35 feet.

A panoramic of a smaller waterfall a short distance down from the main waterfall.

The image below shows the stream flowing down from the waterfall.

The image below shows the top of the waterfall taken after we climbed back up the hill to the top of the dam.  Talk about getting some exercise!  It was difficult trekking down the woods to the water below as the hill was very steep!

The below image was taken from the northeast area of the lake on top of the dam.  The sky was even more beautiful to the east side of this image.  The redbud trees were past their peak but still added some color to this beautiful scene.  You could hear the waterfall from this location.

We drove to the Geary County State Park and hurried to photograph these geese and ducklings before they swam too far away.  

Below are some cattails that survived the winter at the lake.

The sun was beginning to set as we left the Geary County State Park.

Beautiful tulips in Kansas

Here are my tulip images from my trip with Marjorie.  I have been wanting to go take tulip photos for the last several years but didn't want to go by myself.  I enjoyed sharing this experience with my good friend. We were in tulip heaven!!!  I didn't realize there were so many different colored tulips!  We were privileged to catch most of them at their peak. I've included my favorite tulip images for you to enjoy!

 

Tulips, etc. by Marjorie

My friend Marjorie accompanied me to photograph tulips in downtown Wamego, Kansas, then we drove to Ted Ensley Garden in Topeka to photograph more tulips.  I was so impressed with the quality of Marjorie images!  They have not been altered except to darken them and enhance the color to match the original scene.  I had no idea what Marjorie was photographing as I was so focused on getting images for myself.  This first image is my favorite that Marjorie took.  She did an awesome job and I have included my favorites for your viewing pleasure.  To view all of her images, they are available on vimeo here.

Farm Cat Portraits and a Dog on the Run

I just adore this farm cat of ours!   Java, our dog, doesn't care for Kitty at all, but Kitty likes to torment Java and it is very entertaining to watch them interact.  Java is not running from the cat here but is running towards my husband who just got on the tractor to do some dirt hauling.  Java is a man's dog and she doesn't pay me any mind when my husband is around.

We enjoyed a beautiful Easter Sunday church service and ended my day taking these images of my cute little farm cat named Kitty.

Two cute farm mousers!

We recently acquired two farm cats to help alleviate mice from building nests in our tractor and rabbits from chewing wires on our car.  Yes, it was rabbits!  We drove to church one night and the car was not running right.  The next day my husband opened the hood and out jumps a rabbit!  Needless to say, my husband was convinced we now needed cats!  Boy, was I happy!  I love animals and now I have a couple more that I can spoil and enjoy capturing their cuteness!!!  I teased the black and white one by opening the screen door a bit and just adore the image below where he is sticking his paw through the screen.  I've named that photo "cat burglars."  You can see the gray cat in the background of that image keeping watch like a real burglar! The last image of the grey cat shows his loving personality.  He is the most lovable cat I have ever met.  If you are a cat lover like me, I know you will enjoy the images I've included below.... :)

A trail of dust, a muddy horse, and a laughing donkey

It felt good to finally get outside during our spring weather and take pictures of our happy animals as they they were let out into the pasture.  Both the horses splashed in the pond and got wet, but Ace decided to roll in the dirt after he got out so he got pretty muddy!  I had a hay day capturing our babies as they enjoyed their new found freedom!  Jane, one of the donkeys, was having so much fun you can see her laughing below! :)  I picked out my favorites from the photography excursion and have included them for your viewing pleasure!