Solar Eclipse

This is how I saw the eclipse from my perch in Northeast Iowa, through the dappled light of a Taylor Juniper in the front yard.

March, Iowa

 Puccini's Suor Angelica, UNI Opera at GBPAC.

 

St. Patrick's Day at Tipsy'z in Raymond.

 

Winter's last stronghold and some much needed moisture during the severe drought.

 

 This is how to welcome an Easter weekend.

Waterloo Center for the Arts, Jamaica Day 2024

Jamaican Art from the Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA) permanent art collection. Alan Zion (UL), Esperanza Jackson (LL), Sylvester Woods (UR and CR), and Everald Brown (LR).

 

Elizabeth Andrews (Registrar) and Chawne Paige (Director) plus a view of the crowd.

Jamaica Day 2024, "A Fi Wi Trend a Dweet!" at WCA, Feb. 23rd. A day that included speakers, exhibitions, vendors, food, and a simulcast from Morant Bay, Jamaica.

Valentine's Day 2024

 Hearts and lips and beards... oh my!

Signs in the New Year

 Words, names, and phrases that seem to be finding me in 2024.

Christmas/Winter Solstice 2023

 Portraits: Mama and me (Nashville), Anne, Ace, and Bob (Waterloo), Mikey, Sophie, and Ruby (San Antonio), and Aunt Brenda and Cousin Rodney (Lebanon).

 

 Home decorations with a tribute to George.

 

Treats: Hurts Donuts (Cedar Falls) and gifts from Matt and Kimber (Buffalo).

 

At the Williams-Frazer home in Joelton, TN (friends of Mama, Shannon, and Ross). Great folks!

 

Adopted momentarily by Rottweiler Sami.

 

A Solstice Salute with Ace and Bev at Singlespeed Brewery (Waterloo).

 

Thoughts:

Aunt Tibby died December 27.

Missing Troy this year.

Thanksgiving 2023

 With the McCusker clan in Center Point, Iowa.