Although I may be a semi-minimalist, when it comes to decorating the holiday tree, more is just right. Some overseas factory is kept in business supplying the fifteen strings of clear lights it takes to...
Monthly Archive: November 2014
Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Bridge Over Still Water
Every season is beautiful at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Even now, when robins have fled, waterfalls are silent and the koi pond is frozen, vignettes remain to please the eye. ...
Really, Really Sweet
We are both away from our kitchens this week, so our something sweet isn’t really edible unless you are an adventurous grazer. My Cúpla sent a beautiful bouquet to me on our birthday. The lilies were color spritzed with...
Barn Tour
Cooper's Barn by Charles City Iowa
Cúpla Sister and I have gone on Iowa drive-abouts and barn tours. “Why barns?” you might ask. Barns built by our grandfather and great-grandfather were our first playgrounds. The hay loft was our forbidden cathedral...
Easier Than Pie Pumpkin Tarts
Pumpkin is usually not my favorite flavor – probably because is not chocolate. Recently, however, Cúpla Sister and I were talking about the pumpkin cheesecake with gingersnap crust I used to make and I got...
Afternoon Escape in Southeast Iowa
We went “down south” to our little farm in Van Buren County this last week. No visit to V.B. County is complete without a swing through the Des Moines Riverbank village of Bentonsport, a once thriving...