In Plain Site

Cope, Colorado is located in Eastern Colorado along Highway 36. It is very close to the border with Kansas. Because it has fallen on hard times makes it perfect for prairie photography. When I go thru Cope I stop and stretch my legs and try to get new pictures.

Flagler, Colorado. This is Hal Borland’s birthplace. Author of many books, the one to read is High, Wide and Lonesome. It is about his coming of age on the prairie.

On my way to Kansas for work I sometimes take Highway 36 which leads you thru the town of Cope, Colorado. It has seen better days. Turns out that there’s another photographer on the Grainery.app. site that has stopped to take pictures here. So we’re in a friendly competition to put up more photos of Cope.

This roll of film ( Ilford HP5+) was developed using instant coffee, vitamin C and Washing soda – this is called Caffenol.

Some eclectic architecture in downtown Goodland, Kansas.

What? Are we not eating enough beef? Apparently so. My take on this is that in the midwest you’re told what to do. usually in the form of large billboards saying “Don’t get Pregnant” and if you do ” No Abortions” then “Don’t Do Drugs”.

Decided to take a different route to work yesterday – From Denver to Atwood, KS. I was able to go thru three states: Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas

Texas Trail Canyon is in Haigler, Nebraska and the road side memorial is just outside Yuma, Colorado

Despite having come to Colby, Kansas a lot recently , I only just now found out about this billboard off the western most exit ramp to Colby. It was put up and paid for by a couple living in town. They are not anonymous. The Billboard does NOT have a religious message as so many do. When asked about this they said they just want people to think about this image. You can find this image on the internet but I’m ashamed to say some people do a stupid selfie with them horsing around below the billboard. Not that I’m a puritan just that I think it’s an interesting ICON of the plains and worth thinking about.

One day it’s nice – but remember Colors in the morning – Sailers take warning. This is a sunrise in Goodland Kansas. The next day it was a blizzard with I70 closed from Denver to Colby where I had to hunker down for a nite.