If there is one thing that Mason City, Iowa knows how to do, it is how to create a great outdoor sculpture exhibit for residents and visitors. The 2022 -23 River City Sculptures on Parade boasts a whopping 80 sculptures that are on display. A Continue reading →
This is a summer of weddings for us and we happily flew to Iowa last week to attend the wedding of a lovely young couple. Kayla was the one who took care of our cats for years when we traveled and she sweetly invited us Continue reading →
Chris and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to the midwest – stops included Minneapolis, Minnesota, Faribault, Minnesota, Mason City, Iowa, Clear Lake, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Travel is different these days than it used to be and I learned a Continue reading →
I am a sucker for pretty teapots and I definitely have a lot that qualify as pretty in my collection. I found an eBay listing awhile back for a daisy teapot that I could not pass up. Daisies are my favorite flowers so I was Continue reading →
40 Years 14,610 Days 350,640 hours 21,024,000 minutes Each one building on the other. Each one blending into the next one. 40 years of marriage to the love of my life. Have each of those days been easy? No. Have there been challenges? Absolutely. But Continue reading →
Time for another edition of what’s on my camera roll today and I am sure you will be surprised to see that it is filled with cats and food pictures. If you know me you are not surprised one bit. Here we go. Maksim was Continue reading →
I love a good scavenger hunt and one that involves Waldo is even better. You remember Waldo. That cute bespectacled guy with the red and white striped shirt and the blue pants? He is the star of many books over the years and was a Continue reading →
As seen in a thrift store…. Continue reading →
No teapot collection would be complete without representation from Longaberger. Years ago Longaberger was popularly sold at home parties. While their baskets were the main star of their line they also offered some wonderful pottery pieces over the years that were pretty sweet. Of course Continue reading →
If you are looking for a true crime story to read you will definitely want to check out Black and Blue by Minnesota writer Frank F. Weber. This book really got my attention and once I started reading I absolutely did not want to put Continue reading →
