Category: Peace and Serenity

Photos of the Day – October 30th and 31st

Happy Halloween!!! And, Goodbye, October! Here are my Photos of the Day for October 30-31, 2017: OCTOBER 30 # 303 Photo Prompt – Home Sweet Home: “Small Town America” #homesweethome OCTOBER 31 # 304 Photo Prompt – Wild: “Tell Me All About It, Sister!”… Continue Reading “Photos of the Day – October 30th and 31st”

Photos of the Day – October 23rd

Here are my Photos of the Day for October 23, 2017: # 296 Photo Prompt – Something Orange: “God’s Majesty” #somethingorange # 296 Caught By My Lens: My neighbor has the must stunning tree…..year after year it never fails to provide the best view… Continue Reading “Photos of the Day – October 23rd”

Photos of the Day – October 21st and 22nd

Here are my Photos of the Day for October 21-22, 2017: OCTOBER 21 # 294 Photo Prompt – Right Now: “Bitternut Lane looks pretty bare…..” #rightnow I removed the flowers from the cemetery urns for the season! OCTOBER 22 # 295 Photo Prompt –… Continue Reading “Photos of the Day – October 21st and 22nd”

2017 Dyersville, Iowa

Continuing on with the photos from my recent Iowa Adventure…….on my second full day, I stayed a little closer to Dubuque – the farthest I traveled that day was a little over an hour. My first stop was about 20 minutes outside Dubuque and… Continue Reading “2017 Dyersville, Iowa”

2017 Clear Lake, Iowa

The Day The Music Died……it happened just north of Clear Lake, Iowa in a corn field just after midnight on February 3, 1959. It was the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (JP Richardson), and Ritchie Valens, as well as the… Continue Reading “2017 Clear Lake, Iowa”

Found Along the Way in Iowa

I mentioned in my previous Iowa post that I put 700+ miles on my rental car. I covered a lot of ground while I was exploring all that the are of Iowa I stayed in had to offer. Here are some things that caught… Continue Reading “Found Along the Way in Iowa”

2017 Dubuque, Iowa

So, I’m working on coloring in the states on a map of the US — states I’ve visited are colored pink! After last year’s Most Excellent Adventure – where we visited 21 states in 34 days in a motor home – I ended up… Continue Reading “2017 Dubuque, Iowa”

Seven Day Black and White Photo Challenge

I was challenged to do a Seven Day Black and White Photo Challenge on Facebook this week. Today was Day 7…..and, I’m kinda sad to see it end! Here is the challenge:  “Seven days, seven black-and-white photos of your life, no people, no explanation.… Continue Reading “Seven Day Black and White Photo Challenge”

Photos of the Day – October 13th and 14th

Here are my Photos of the Day for October 13-14, 2017: OCTOBER 13 # 286 Photo Prompt – Trees: “Apples!!!” #trees # 287 Photo Prompt – Perspective: “From The Upstairs Window” #perspective And…..then, there was this….. I attended the Albion Rotary Club Second Annual… Continue Reading “Photos of the Day – October 13th and 14th”

2017 New England States Adventure – New Hampshire and Vermont

Winding down my recent New England States Adventure……we didn’t spend a lot of time in New Hampshire and Vermont. In hindsight, I wish we had taken a couple days to stay in Vermont and go covered bridge hunting, but that leaves me with a… Continue Reading “2017 New England States Adventure – New Hampshire and Vermont”