Urban Oasis

What a lovely spring day today: partly cloudy, highs in the low 70's ... and I sure wished I hadn't been cooped up in the house wor...

Monday was a mild, but mostly cloudy day and due to a bad headache I developed during the afternoon, I just didn't have the oomph to get...

We were finally treated with a weekend without rain (the first in 5 weeks!), warm temperatures (it was in the low 70's today with abunda...

As I noted yesterday, it seems like such a relief that May is finally here and we can banish (most) thoughts of snow (and hard freezes) and ...

Here it is May Day, and it seemed like it would never get here! Today, all over France, people are already celebrating the arrival of Sprin...

When I was a kid in grade school and we sang the "Iowa Tall Corn Song" every day (right after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance), ...

A while back, I noted that I had just gotten a new pair of glasses after a long wait. What I didn't mention was that they were a "...

I haven't done a Weekend Cinema post in quite a while, but I'm inspired to do so after watching Dinner At Eight again tonight, not ...

In case anyone has been wondering what Hanna does during the day when I am working in my office, here are a couple of typical shots (at lea...

What a difference a Spring day makes in April in Iowa! Yesterday we had mild temperatures in the low 60's and a fair amount of cloud co...

Animated image courtesy of Bull Creek Jack Russells Today is a special day for Hanna and both of us ... she'll be celebrating her very f...