Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year
Happy New Year
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2016 Best Nine
Look who made Double D’s Best Nine!!!
I love that little Pup and love those boots!
Merry Christmas
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year
Photo (above) from the Bible App.
Nativity scene in Holy Cross Shrine, Pfeifer, KS
6 Years Old
It just doesn’t seem possible that Wylie is 6 years old!! I always bake him a “cake” and of course there are presents. This year I decided to make “cupcakes”. Following a basic meatloaf recipe, his cupcake was made of elk, carrots, and spinach. A cupcake wouldn’t be complete without frosting. Wylie’s frosting is plain mashed potatoes (no salt or butter). Happy Birthday, Wylie❤️
Patiently waiting
Churches Of The Prairie 20
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church – 1880 Strong City, KS
Bazaar Methodist Church – 1909 Bazaar, KS
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church – 1911 Ellis, KS
Romanesque style built of native limestone
Out and About
This beautiful watch dog lives a few miles from us. I love seeing him guarding his sheep. If I sit and watch him too long, he will move his herd away. I wished Wylie could spend a day with him!!
Glad someone is restoring this beautiful home.
Watching over the prairie
Stone arch railroad bridge
I don’t often see a barn with the silo attached to it.
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St. Phillip’s Catholic Church – Hope, KS
Hebron Lutheran Church – 1884 Burdick, KS
Walnut Valley Presbyterian Chruch 1870 – North of Winfield, KS
United Methodist Church – Rock, KS
EV Lutheran Church – New Gottland, McPherson County, KS
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Catharine, KS
In 1876 Volga German immigrants founded and settled Catharine, KS. Located in Ellis County, it currently has a population of around 100. All the streets in Catharine are named after Saints, St. Martin, St. Leo, St. John, St. Anton, St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Francis, St. Adolphus, and St. Catherine.
St. Catherine Catholic Church – 1892
Riley, County KS
It was a beautiful day for an adventure on the backroads. With no real destination in mind we headed north-east. I opened up my topo map and saw that I had a little sticky note that pointed to an area that said, abandoned railroad bridge. Arriving at the sticky note, was the ghost town of Lasita.
Lasita
Settled in 1880 Lasita once was a small town of 35. The farming community that surrounded the town supported the businesses and school. The elevator, cemetery and one home is all that is left of the town that once had a 2 story school, general store, blacksmith, and stockyards. There was an abandoned railroad, but the terrain didn’t support the type of railroad bridge that I was looking for. Load up Wylie, let’s head south, I see a little town and creek on the map.
South of Lasita a few miles is
Bala, KS
Settled in 1870 on its original site, it was moved 1 1/2 south when the railroad come in 1887. In the 1960’s Fort Riley expanded to the edge of town and the village died out. Only the Presbyterian Church and a few houses are left.
Found the abandoned railroad
Turn around!!
One of the largest stone arch railroad bridge in Kansas
What a treasure to have found!! Such a beautiful warm (80) autumn day.
Smaller stone arched railroad bridge about 2 miles west.
Farmer Days 