Beautiful Frost in the Trees

Iowa weather is always changing and this Christmas the view into our yard was beautiful.

Next Gen Visit From Africa

We enjoyed a very quick visit with Dana and Thea. They managed to travel from Lusaka, Zambia through London to New York to DC to Arizona before arriving here in Iowa. It was a real trains, planes and automobiles trip. Very quick day but special and very interesting as Thea is only 15 months old and has been on several safaris. She knows lions, elephants, etc. and what sounds that they make. The Keating girls are definitely world travelers. We were thrilled and proud.

Winter Comes to Creekview Coves

The mallards sit on the ice at the edge of the creek as we begin the transition to winter. Each season reveals a different view of the creek. This view is taken out the dining room window.

Happy Holidays

This year I decorated two trees on the main level of our house. I was determined to have a nine foot tree so I settled for a skinny one that I could set up in the corner.

This is the traditional tree that is set up in the dining room.

No holiday is complete without the gilded deer!