During a recent lotus blossom party, I did not have a camera with me to capture several photo opps. I used a favorite "retro" camera app on my iPhone to capture these adventurous rafters. The quality may not be equal to other cameras, but this low-tech approach provided an image that might be preferable.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Paul Pierce jokes with Mario Chalmers after Chalmers hit the Legends of the Phog scrimmage's game-tying shot at the buzzer Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Hummingbirds swarm a feeder Wednesday just north of Lawrence. Among the smallest of birds and unique in their ability to fly in reverse, hummingbirds are beginning to make their way south for the winter.

Photo by Richard Gwin

A blur of color shoots across the horizon as varsity boys runners take off at the start at the Sunflower League cross country meet Saturday, Oct. 15, at Rim Rock Farm.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

Another band of showers moved throw just west of the Lawrence area just before sunset Thursday evening creating a spectacular array of colored light.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

Kansas receivers Kale Pick (7) and D.J Beshears get airborne in the endzone to celebrate a touchdown by Pick late in the second quarter against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 at Kivisto Field.

Photo by Nick Krug

While at the top of the Rock-O-Plane ride, Judy Kibbee, left, found herself stuck upside down in the cage with her niece Abbi Folks, 12, while the ride operator loaded more riders during the Territorial Days celebration Friday in Lecompton.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

A car came to rest inside the Lawrence Family Vision Clinic, 3111 W. Sixth St., Tuesday afternoon. Two customers inside the store were thrown across the room but not injured. The driver, a 27-year-old Lawrence man, also was not injured.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

State Highway Trooper Casey Simoneau, left, says goodbye to a young girl from the Ballard Community Services Early Education programs after he helped her shop for Christmas gifts in late December.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Kansas players Royce Woolridge (11) Markieff Morris (21) Josh Selby (32) and Marcus Morris (22) wait in the tunnel before taking the court on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.

Photo by Nick Krug

A scene from the Battle of Wilson's Creek 150th Anniversary Reenactment, held near Springfield, Mo., on August 12-14, 2011.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A trio of zombies wait for the start of the zombie walk in South Park before the fifth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Over 500 people attended the walk with money raised from the event going to the Lawrence Humane Society.

Photo by Mike Yoder Lawrence Journal-World

This image, shot for the Dear Lawrence project, features the News Center building at 645 New Hampshire when it was a post office in 1911. Holding the print are lawrence.com editor Trevan McGee, left, and Journal-World staff photographer Kevin Anderson on the right. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

Photo by Nick Krug

November hasn’t spelled the end of gardening for Jill Elmers, left, who put a cover over her fall crops while Chris Kramer worked the ground Tuesday at Moon on the Meadow Farm in east Lawrence.

Photo by Richard Gwin