Madison County Covered Bridges
Filed under: Art, Charlie, digital image manipulation, Iowa, photography
Charlie and I went to Madison County today. They were having their annual “Bridge Fest.” There were about 1.7 Million people there, though, and nowhere to park. So we just went to the nearby countryside and drove around and saw cows and farms and covered bridges and things.
Additionally, a photographer from the Des Moines Register was at one of the covered bridges and took a picture of Charlie and me candidly. Afterward, she asked our names and said our picture may be in tomorrow’s Register or in the West Des Moines Register that gets delivered to our mailbox once a week. That was kind of cool.
Here are the pics I took, anyway:
OMFG
I just realized that I moved to Iowa and have been baking apple pies and watching Desperate Housewifes and going to parent-teacher meetings and stuff…..
What happened to ME????
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Apples and Pies and Parks and Trains!
Charlie and I have been having a great time this fall. A week ago Friday I bought a large amount (a “peck?”) of Jonathan apples from an apple orchard here in Iowa. Since then we have eaten a lot of apples every day, plus I’ve made an apple pie (never made a pie before!), apple sauce and today I made apple crumble. There are just a few apples left that I think we will eat (as opposed to using in a recipe). Then I’ll probably get one more “peck” before fall is over. Anyway, we also went to the park last weekend in Dexter, Iowa, and to see some trains this weekend in Boone, Iowa. Here are a lot of pictures:
