Posted in Iowa, country living, enjoying life, farming, humor, life in the country, tagged bed and breakfast, chickens, country living, faith, farm, farming, Iowa, life, personal, photography, random, spirituality on May 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Perish-ability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, “Gee, I’m glad I have that moment.”
~John Loengard, “Pictures Under Discussion
I submitted three photos to our county conservation photo contest last week. This is the second time in my life, when I decided to enter a photo [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, enjoying life, farming, humor, life in the country, tagged bed and breakfast, farm, Iowa, personal, pigs, random, winston on February 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Late breaking news- Winston, Iowa’s favorite pig is expecting. I kid you not. What’s even more amazing, due to some recent breakthroughs in technology around here, I already have pictures of some of her litter. Here they are:
Here’s what else I’ve learned: It looks like there are 11 or 12 piglets in the [...]
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Posted in Iowa, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, relationships, tagged bed and breakfast, farm, farming, Iowa, life, personal, pigs, random, relationships on February 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Winston asked me this morning if I could post some new photos for her on the I also live On A Farm Blog, she was concerned some of her friends might think something had happened to her. So here are a series of photos taken this morning . It will give you a feel [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged baking, bed and breakfast, holidays, life, personal on December 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am on a mission-
To find the perfect cinnamon roll .
I have a picture in my mind what this roll looks like. (see photo above)
It will be at least six inches across, two inches high at the center, covered with white frosting, soft and tender inside.
I’m a general contractor- if you’re a regular reader [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, farming, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, tagged bed and breakfast, farming, Iowa, pigs on November 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Photo of Winston getting her head rubbed this morning.
(Notice the big smile on her face)
There has been considerable concern in the blog community regarding the well being of Winston the pig. This morning in order to put some of those concerns to rest, Winston decided to have a photo shoot.
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Pictured above [...]
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Posted in Iowa, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality on August 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Picture taken Saturday morning near our home
We went to PJ and Betty’s 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday . As I was sitting there minding my own business Allen (another guest) asked me, “So, tell me, what were you doing yesterday?” (He said with a smile)
“I saw your truck parked on the road, thought you were having [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the annual RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa rolled through our area. 10,000 bikers and another 7000 support personal….can’t you just feel the energy?
Mrs DM and I volunteer’d to help out at a food stand, ended up sitting by the road like a couple of pan handler’s, peddling things like ”smoked rope” and home [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s been quite a week for Winston the pig. Last week I was shingling a roof. I made a passing comment to the homeowner about Winston . She asked me later if there was any chance I could bring her to work the next day to play with their daughter.
” I don’t see why not,” [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, humor, life, life in the country, perseverance, personal, random, religion, spirituality on May 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. “
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 – 1965)
Sir Winston Churchill is one of my hero’s. Almost single handily his attitude instilled hope during one of the darkest periods in world history. I am [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random on May 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can tell it’s May in Iowa- the Morel Mushrooms are up and the apple trees are in bloom:
Here’s a picture of my better half picking one of the Morel’s under a Gala apple tree.
Just so you know….(in case you would be tempted to pick mushrooms next year in our orchard without [...]
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