It’s late August and it’s a hot one here today. People may not realize, Iowa get’s a wide range of weather patterns. We can be over 100 degrees in the summer and well below zero in the winter. Such is the variety of the upper Midwest. These really are the proverbial dog days of summer…hot … Read more
As a weather expert friend said today, “this was one for the record books”. Advanced warnings certainly made it known that this monster was on it’s way…reports from Des Moines and central Iowa which by interstate is some 2 plus hours away…noted significant wind damage of all sorts. But despite the fact that this storm, … Read more
I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. ~ Richard Peck
By late summer, many shallow river backwaters in Iowa will have been taken over by plants. Plants that will soon provide sustenance to migrating waterfowl. Nature, if left alone, takes good care of its own it seems. After all, time and experience is on it’s side. This intertwined relationship has come about through thousands of … Read more
Fireflies are fascinating little creatures. On this particular evening as storms had just rolled through the area, the lightning bugs came out just as they normally would have, seemingly unbothered by such a disruption. The clouds and sunset were changing by the second…and a slight gap allowed the amber and pink hues to come through … Read more
I won’t deny that Neowise raised a sense of urgency in me. I’m not much of an astro photographer and shoot very little at night but seeing this comet for the first time (actually my first comet ever) was exciting and inspiring. I have felt this urgent energy of impending ends before…sometimes it’s the end … Read more