Category Archives: North Dakota

The Badlands of North Dakota

I’m working away on my “Dakota October” drawing today. The North Dakota Badlands have been in the news recently, with various entities planning to allow oil companies to drill in some of the finest country the state has to offer. It is my fervent desire that all the parties involved in the extraction of oil [...]

Slides of the Prairie

I went through my slides this afternoon, choosing groups of three that might work together. Boy, it’s been a long time since I’ve looked at these. It seemed that I would never switch over to digital, and now I can’t imagine going back to the film format. The saturated color of Velvia slide film was [...]

North Dakota Home

Here’s a photograph from my sister’s camera, which I used in July when my own began having problems. Right after my recent trip to Cody, Jackson Hole, and Red Lodge, I went up to Medora on the East River Road again, through Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and then on a little loop drive from Square [...]

July 14th

I received over thirty new iris plants from Pekin, North Dakota over the weekend, and with the help of my sister Gwynne, got them planted in the backyard. They have very intriguing names, such as Chocolate Swirl, Adobe Rose, Purple Pepper, Native Dancer, and Peach Picotee. It will be hard to wait for them to [...]

July 12th

The past few days have been spent painting the entire patio lime green, after a bucket of that color was spilled on the cement when a strong gust of wind suddenly blew through. The whole place is now extremely bright and cheerful, and I feel like I could be in Mexico somewhere! That project has [...]

From Smith Grove to Bismarck

Here’s a shot of the countryside on the way back from Smith Grove to Bismarck on July 11th. It was on this stretch of road that we were discovering ticks crawling on everybody, which really livened things up! I’d highly recommend preparing for ticks before walking through Smith Grove! North Dakota Summer Countryside