#driftlessarea

a picture a day

I know there's plenty of orange and red, but I had to share the dusk view from my porch.

Local Flavor! This is the beautiful interior of Seed Savers, but we'll get to that. Please peruse on ... First: Pinter's. My parents visited this weekend from Kentucky, and short of driving multiple hours

Norway in an Asteroid Crater Hey, hey, hey, Steemians. Now you'll get a good glimpse of my town. Thursday 27/7 was the opening of the 51st Annual Nordicfest, the celebration of the deep Norwegian heritage

Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa I had never heard of this until I moved here. Somehow Iowa takes cycling very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that the local patriarchs of this town of

"Okay, Marcus, be careful. Remember what the sign said," said John. His son was a dutiful eight years old. Polite kid, and he followed rules well, but the urge to explore is always strong in

Ready for a big, heaping slice of Americana? Walking there through my neighborhood. That was quick! Decorah is not large, nestled in our little crater, and the fairgrounds are right at the edge of town.

Another Vignette from the Road Here is the very small town of river rats known as Lansing. This is the place I mentioned before where you can see so many bald eagles. I spotted two on the way out, but

Out of the Crater Mini zip out of our town to a neighboring one. Leaving the crater once more to check out Teluwut, a restaurant my wife's friend adores. The Upper Iowa River slithers through pastureland

I often look upward.

Beading on the sky's skin on our first really muggy day.

Big sky, Iowa

After the storm.

A Man, A Mission Years ago the local artist nut climbed to the top of the courthouse with a backpack full of raw meat. He proceeded to dump it up in the clock tower. The skies were filled with a black

Quick snap and awe!

My Morning Commute My town of residence and primary town of work are named after the same American Indian--although Waukon (pronounced "wok-KHAN") claims the namesake is his son--a Ho-Chunk warrior

Gross! You know those tiny red bugs that give you a teeny welt when they nip? These are the embiggened version of them. Giant Red Velvet Mites

What is the Driftless Area? Epochs ago, two glaciers were shoulder to shoulder, and couldn't sally forth directly south. An Eddy of sorts was formed, with a friction-ground rivulet trickling from underneath