At the Easter Vigil Mass at the cathedral Saturday evening:
Tag: Photo gallery
First in a series
I visited Botanica this afternoon for the first time this year. Here are a couple of the things I found there.
Bluebells
Lenten rose (for Eve)
There’s more at my photo gallery.
Fall, winter, spring, winter, winter, winter …
I’ve lived in Wichita for the better part of my life, and I still don’t know what normal Kansas weather is. Does this look like spring to you?
That’s the view from my front porch this afternoon. Aside from a few patches of green at ground level, it looks like February, not April.
There are more hard freezes predicted for tonight and tomorrow. I wonder if this will be another year without lilacs. Here are pictures of the last few daffodils. They most likely will be gone Tuesday.
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Murdock Street bridge
On the way to Mass yesterday.
Springtime in Kansas
According to the weatherman, by this time tomorrow, there will be from seven to eleven inches of spring on the ground. It must be that anthropogenic caninogenic global warming.
(Via Irish Elk.)
Update: Gee, what a disappointment: only five inches of heavy wet spring weather. More photos below the fold
What’s in my camera?
More dance
I uploaded some more pictures from the March 5 rehearsal. The gallery is below the fold.
The macho swan
The spring dance concert this past weekend at Friends University featured mostly modern ballets, such as an excerpt from Matthew Bourne’s version of Swan Lake, above. The other works were also quite interesting. If they had been any more interesting, I’d have to label this post “NSFW.”
Spring has sprung
“February Gold,” which usually doesn’t bloom until March. I think this is the earliest I’ve ever seen it fully open.
Wired moon
Another Nutcracker nearer the grave
When your guest artist is late …
… you make do with whoever is available.
A few more dance pictures
Paphiopedilum
I spent the afternoon at an orchid show and took a few pictures. More than a few, actually.
Witch hazel
More gallery additions
Up
I shot about 1,500 frames at the dance rehearsal last night. There’s no doubt about it: this year’s bunch of kids can really jump.
Gallery additions
Xanadu, Kansas
Robert posted “Kublai Khan” today. I just happen to have here a damsel with a dulcimer. She’s Wenzhuo Zhang, who took first place in the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship at Winfield Saturday. Although Zhang lists her address as Fredonia, NY, I believe she’s originally from Beijing, and she plays the Chinese dulcimer, the yangqin. Here’s a view of her instrument, showing the multiple bridges.
Here’s one of the pieces she played in the competition.
Front porch II
