Roots

It hadn't occurred to this Texas boy, but I'm part Nebraskan by heritage. This is Verdigre, Nebraska, home of the finest koloches in all America. Their sign said so. This area is also famous for raising farmer's daughters that become grandmothers to blogging individuals like myself. Fascinating!



Walnut, Nebraska's once thriving educational system still makes for a good photo op.

Platte River State Park

This being an eclectic blog, I figured I'd start posting to occasional random photo set that comes out of my camera.

Last weekend my girlfriend and I headed down to Platte River State Park, a delightful little network of hiking trails along the Platte River, south of Omaha.


It didn't take long to find the local fauna. My girlfriend caught a toad, obviously. The toad was understandably upset, and she got peed on as a result.


Some kind of butterfly minding its own business.



My favorite: we saw four deer in all (all does). Perhaps its the same in other places, but personally I've never lived in a place where the deer are so tame as they are in the Omaha area. I was in a state park, but honestly, I might have gotten this shot a block from my home in the city. The deer in this state have very little fear of people. Its kind of nice.