Christmas Tree

This is my Christmas tree with all my presents wrapped!!!

December in Iowa

I put my Christmas decorations up before the storm came, so these are a little out of order but here they are!

I got my Christmas tree and brought it home in my trunk!!!

And put the entire thing up by myself . . . . taadaaa!!!

More Iowa snow shots

Malchick running in the snow.

I spent the week of the blizzard out at Dan and Karen's cabin. These pictures were taken after the storm.

Charles (Karen's dog) and I on a walk.

The pond

Karen and I put up the Christmas tree and decorated the house!

Blizzard

Here in Iowa, we are having a blizzard! The news casters say it is going to be "the storm of the century." I doubt that, but it makes for pretty pictures!

I am spending a few days out at "Cabinland" where my friends live. They have a cabin, a dog and 40 acres!

The Cabin in the snow

and the wind!

Back to Reality

I made is safe and sound back to Iowa- I am happy to be back, but I had so much fun on the beach! We are having beautiful weather here- sunny and 60's- I'll take it in November! I did manage to lay out for a few minutes today, my neighbors looked at me like, "what the.... " and went back into their homes. . . just the crazy girl .... :)

Flordia

Gma's new ride! The path to the beach

Toes in the sand...The ocean on a cloudy day

Our condo is RIGHT on the water!

The island is famous for lots of shells...

We also have a pool, which is wonderful!

A house on the beach

Sanibel Island

So... I am on Holiday in Florida, on Sanibel Island!
My grandma rented a condo for 2 weeks and i am joining her for one of those two weeks. I arrived last night and will be here until nest Tuesday. This morning, we walked the beach, swam in the pool, went shopping and are now resting.... it will be a good week!

pics to follow!

To Mow or not to Mow

As fall descends on Central Iowa, we are confronted with the puzzling question: do we mow the yard one last time, or do we just hold our breath and wait for the frost? For most people, this isn't such a big quandary- just wait it out. But, I find myself in a bit of a different situation. The neighbor behind me, with whom I share the longest line of yard, is a turfologist. Yes, you read right- turfologist. . . as in "the study of turf". Needless to say, his yard is immaculate, lush and green- in November! The lot line is very clear as you look onto my yard full of yellow greenish dying grass with scattered areas of totally dead grass. So, in light of this new information, i pose the question again, do I mow, or not mow?