Ranch Roads

The Texas Panhandle.

Three Sandhills in Flight

Red-tailed Hawk Overhead

A Cow and Some Red-headed Ducks

Thrush

     
      Stumped thinking I watched a sparrow, I could not verily identify this sweet creature of God, until I looked at the beak. Its bill leads me to think it is a Hermit thrush, eastern type, until further confirmation.

Cow Munching on Hay

Hooded Mergansers

Watching surreptitiously behind the trees, I held my breath as the mergansers floated by.

Labs on a Couch

In a hangar.

Colorful Turkey

Valerie's Reception

Post Office Mural: Canyon

Francis Ankrom, "Strays," 1938.

Joey Harrison's Post Office Mural Video

   Joey Harrison's video on Flikr shows the immensity of the mural in Ventura, California's Post Office.

Entered Air Race Classic

                           Truly, an exciting occasion to learn that we are accepted to race this year.

Geese Over Charles' House

sUAS: Sandhills Over Wheat Field

     While checking the wheat field with a UAV, I encountered Sandhill cranes. I dared not approach them any closer while watching the wondrous sight of them in flight from this angle.

Train and Wind Turbines at Sunset

Clara Cemetery Gate

Clara, Texas, began as a community in 1886 on the corner of FM1813 and SH240. 

For more information, visit the Wichita County Historical Commission's web site.

Hay Rolls and Grove

Soggy Foggy Scenery on SH240

Pumps and wheat fields with standing water. 

Burkburnett's Historical Fuel Station

     Stumbling upon Russell Miller, Director of Burkburnett's Historical Society, I was invited to view their new static display of one of the Panhandle Oil stations. Their office is in the old depot building, and for years there sat next to it (a fortuitous happenstance) an abandoned fuel station, trashy and messy. Mr. Miller, upon retiring from his profession in the school system, began work in restoring the old station.

       The Burkburnett Historical Society owns the three buildings shown above. Pump is at right.

       (Photo taken during a very foggy morning, and so, for effect, I borrowed the background sky from another image.)

     With the assistance of generous supporters, such as Cheney Electric Company, Sean Lam, Roberta Martin (who donated the tall fuel pump), C. C. Corbin, Robert Gill, and Mike Klipp, the Burkburnett Historical Society and Mr. Martin were able to restore the old fuel station that served the community during the early 1900s. (Background sky is borrowed from another image.)

     Placing my camera against the glass, I captured a part of the exhibit that shows a desk and other accoutrements, including a domino board. They placed a spittoon alongside the chair. 

Peering through the glass on the door, one can see inside the station.

Sign above the door of the station.

Visit Burkburnett Historical Society's Facebook page.