Levi, Jen and Brian (R-L) were the first visitors of this 14th Wingsprings year.
Levi, Jen and Brian (R-L) were the first visitors of this 14th Wingsprings year.
Students and staff from Illinois College spent a night and parts of a few days at Wingsprings in mid-March.
Students and staff from Illinois College spent a night and parts of a few days at Wingsprings in mid-March.
Illinois College students during early morning walk to gate.
Illinois College students during early morning walk to gate.
This year Mom and I installed a new windsock on Dad's birthday.
This year Mom and I installed a new windsock on Dad's birthday.
Fascinating light.
Fascinating light.
Students from Stanford University visited in late March for a few hours.
Students from Stanford University visited in late March for a few hours.
The picked-clean skeleton of a deer that died along the pond beyond.
The picked-clean skeleton of a deer that died along the pond beyond.
Sandrine, Rachel, Mike and Tyler (R-L).
Sandrine, Rachel, Mike and Tyler (R-L).
Mid April sunset.
Mid April sunset.
Tyler and his parents.
Tyler and his parents.
May 2: Tyler leaving to a National Park Service job.
May 2: Tyler leaving to a National Park Service job.
Spring is a time of (re)birth, but this baby turtle didn't survive.
Spring is a time of (re)birth, but this baby turtle didn't survive.
Nor did this little bird.
Nor did this little bird.
Maria (R) and friend.
Maria (R) and friend.
Peri, Maria, Richard and Jacob (R-L).
Peri, Maria, Richard and Jacob (R-L).
Participants in this year's first Lakota Lands & Identities seminar shared in celebrating Mom's birthday.
Participants in this year's first Lakota Lands & Identities seminar shared in celebrating Mom's birthday.
University of Illinois architecture students and faculty spent a day here.
University of Illinois architecture students and faculty spent a day here.
Kent riding Little Red like a bucking bronco!
Kent riding Little Red like a bucking bronco!
Fee and Phyllis planting the garden.
Fee and Phyllis planting the garden.
Dennis, Kitti, Jack, Vern and Nancy (R-L).
Dennis, Kitti, Jack, Vern and Nancy (R-L).
The second Lakota Lands & Identities seminar eating lunch.
The second Lakota Lands & Identities seminar eating lunch.
Mom.
Mom.
Kaitlin, John, Joe, Leah, Nancy and Harvey (R-L).
Kaitlin, John, Joe, Leah, Nancy and Harvey (R-L).
CAIRNS Research Fellow, Sandrine (R), and her parents.
CAIRNS Research Fellow, Sandrine (R), and her parents.
Can you see the long bull snake in the foreground?
Can you see the long bull snake in the foreground?
Fr. Powell, Jacob, Kaitlin, John and Angie (R-L).
Fr. Powell, Jacob, Kaitlin, John and Angie (R-L).
Wonder if this is the same bull snake we saw here 6 days earlier? Notice the two rabbit sentinels?
Wonder if this is the same bull snake we saw here 6 days earlier? Notice the two rabbit sentinels?
Jacob and Kaitlin on his last intern day.
Jacob and Kaitlin on his last intern day.
Sunset clouds.
Sunset clouds.
Jared, Rochelle and Callie stopped by in early August.
Jared, Rochelle and Callie stopped by in early August.
Interesting cloud formation.
Interesting cloud formation.
Early evening, looking west.
Early evening, looking west.
Another early evening, west-looking view.
Another early evening, west-looking view.
More notable clouds.
More notable clouds.
Bob from Chicago spent the night before continuing on.
Bob from Chicago spent the night before continuing on.
Garden produce with a hazy smokey sky.
Garden produce with a hazy smokey sky.
Strange looking clouds.
Strange looking clouds.
Mom sorting beans.
Mom sorting beans.
Mom in the garden.
Mom in the garden.
Double rainbow.
Double rainbow.
Sharla and Chris (R-L).
Sharla and Chris (R-L).
Facade drawing for a new storage shed we are calling the "hangar."
Facade drawing for a new storage shed we are calling the "hangar."
Fall colors.
Fall colors.
Jordan from Minnesota.
Jordan from Minnesota.
Eleanor from Ohio.
Eleanor from Ohio.
Looking past the windsock toward an October sunset.
Looking past the windsock toward an October sunset.
One of the rabbits checking out the deck.
One of the rabbits checking out the deck.
Early November snow with the frame of the hangar under construction.
Early November snow with the frame of the hangar under construction.
November 9.
November 9.
November 14.
November 14.
The hangar crew: Brad, Daryl and Cetan (R-L).
The hangar crew: Brad, Daryl and Cetan (R-L).
Mid November sunset.
Mid November sunset.
Another November sunset.
Another November sunset.
And yet another!
And yet another!
The blue canister finally leaving Wingsprings now that the hangar is completed.
The blue canister finally leaving Wingsprings now that the hangar is completed.
More of the hangar construction crew: Jay, Brad and Harvey (R-L).
More of the hangar construction crew: Jay, Brad and Harvey (R-L).
What is it about November sunsets?
What is it about November sunsets?
Jay and Randy (R-L) during final inspection of the hangar.
Jay and Randy (R-L) during final inspection of the hangar.
Early December snow storm.
Early December snow storm.
The hangar as built; not that different from the original drawing of the facade.
The hangar as built; not that different from the original drawing of the facade.
New kitchen cabinets, but we are still waiting for the stoves.
New kitchen cabinets, but we are still waiting for the stoves.
Cousin Glenn helped install lights in the hangar.
Cousin Glenn helped install lights in the hangar.
Distant view of Wingsprings looking west.
Distant view of Wingsprings looking west.
Art-like pattern.
Art-like pattern.
Sandie, Kent, Dicksy, Mom and Harvey (R-L).
Sandie, Kent, Dicksy, Mom and Harvey (R-L).
Francie burying the quilt she and Andrea sewed for the Takuwe exhibit.
Francie burying the quilt she and Andrea sewed for the Takuwe exhibit.
Andrea raking the earth over their quilt.
Andrea raking the earth over their quilt.
Early morning view of Andrea with her quilt and the wicoti in the background.
Early morning view of Andrea with her quilt and the wicoti in the background.
Francie, Mom and Andrea (R-L).
Francie, Mom and Andrea (R-L).
Nighttime view.
Nighttime view.
January 6 early morning.
January 6 early morning.
January 14 early morning.
January 14 early morning.
The stoves are installed! Finally.
The stoves are installed! Finally.
Roof scape in early February.
Roof scape in early February.
Mid February view toward wicoti.
Mid February view toward wicoti.
Velma and Diane (R-L).
Velma and Diane (R-L).

Waniyetu Ake Topa

Year 14 (2017-18)

This fourteenth year in review photo album represents a selection of photos arranged in chronological order, beginning March 7, 2017 and ending February 26, 2018.