Around Town

Iowa State Fair 2012 - Master Garden

 

 

World Food Prize Building, Spring 2012

Iowa State Fair, 2011

Spring

Staminate flower of a willow in John's backyard
Photo from John Pearson, Out and About Iowa

Happy Valentine's Day

Downtown Des Moines

A background view

Blank Park Zoo

Visit to Decorah, Iowa

Gunning Springs, Decorah, Iowa.

Phelps Park, Decorah, Iowa (overlooking a 36-acre restored prairie)

White Castle Cattle, Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, Iowa

Seed Savers Exchange flower garden, Decorah, Iowa

I have tons of pictures of coneflowers, but I just can't help myself. I love these flowers.

 

I have noticed, just within the urban areas of Central Iowa-near a high school, by a grocery store, city hall, or gas station-there is real beauty.

A front porch

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge, Iowa

A Backyard's Wildflower Garden