Comments for Life in Riley County

Comment on Picture of the Week – May 27, 2010 by dlstrom

dlstrom — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:27:29 +0000

fl was about 200mm. I’ve made the change to identify it as “barred”.

Comment on Picture of the Week – May 27, 2010 by angie sutton

angie sutton — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:31:41 +0000

I believe this is a barred owl. The barred owl, along with the barn owl, are the only dark-eyed owls found in Kansas. Beautiful shot! What lens were you using? I like the depth of field!

Comment on 10 Reasons I Enjoy Living in Riley County by Jordan Strom

Jordan Strom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:38:57 +0000

Pops, I like your top ten… MCC hoops top ten- you may be the only blogger to ever put us in the top ten reasons to live in Manhattan.

Comment on 10 Reasons I Enjoy Living in Riley County by Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:56 +0000

I guess you don’t know what you’ve got until you move out of the country!

Comment on 10 Reasons I Enjoy Living in Riley County by Brad Shank

Brad Shank — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:16:23 +0000

Things we miss about living in Riley County

College Avenue United Methodist Church
The Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market
Birdhouse concerts (@ the Manhattan Arts Center)
The Manhattan Arts Center in general
UFM – University for Man classes
Peoples Grocery
The University gardens
Tuttle Creek
Limestone Barns
Crimson Sweet Watermelon (developed at KSU and sold at the Saturday farmer’s market)
Fresh flowers, also from the market
The night sky (I haven’t seen the stars for so long…)
Kayaking on Tuttle or the Kansas River
Mushroom hunting
Wild life (deer, turkeys, …)
Many very nice people
Thunderstorms (watching them at “top of the world”)
Flint Hills Wine Festival
Kanza Prairie
White wheat flour
East Side and West Side Market
KSU Art Museum
Strecker-Nelson Gallery
Manhattan Brewing Club

Comment on Spring Rains by dlstrom

dlstrom — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:34:24 +0000

Yep, rain gauges are a part of life around here! Thanks for the usgs.gov links. I’d forgotten about them.

Good luck with the worms!

Comment on Spring Rains by Dennis Toll

Dennis Toll — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:11:28 +0000

I like how everyone (except me) around here owns a rain gauge. On the day after a rain, they get together and talk about their gauges. “I got about half an inch,” says one. “I just barely got two-tenths,” responds another. “That’s strange, because we got over an inch and a half,” says a third. (I suspect a robin landed on that third gauge and helped fill it up)
Without a gauge, I’m a foreigner in those conversations. So I now go to http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?06887000 and see the USGS rain gauge near where I live. Then I go to their list of Kansas sites at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/rt and pick out more rain gauges all throughout the Flint Hills.
Just so you know, the USGS rain gauge on the Blue River says it rained over eight-tenths of an inch last night. Just enough to cover my back patio in worms.

Comment on 10 Reasons I Enjoy Living in Riley County by Warren Parker

Warren Parker — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:06:40 +0000

I’d agree with all of your ’10 reasons,’ and would add a couple more.

Midwest culture – you can’t beat honestly nice people

There is nothing like breaking into Spring in the valley of the Flint Hills.