Kathy's "Cottage" Garden

Don't know if all of you are on Leo's "Support Group" list to receive his email updates but I had to share this gorgeous picture of their gardens that he shared in his latest email. Leo and Kathy were chosen to have their gardens in the recent garden walk so Kathy has been busy all summer "getting it ready". It looks just like a storybook cottage to me so just had to share with everyone.

A Toast From The Great Iowa State Fair

Bob and I made a visit to the Iowa State Fair, along with 105,000 other fun seekers! It's always a great time and we were very happy to have wonderful weather this year.

At the cultural center, this talented painter was creating a patriotic piece of art on this giant boulder. I guess he has done several of these Freedom Rock paintings in support of our troops and they are located throughout Iowa.

First day of School

Today was Emily-4th grade (9 yrs) and Nick's-1st grade (6 yrs) first day of school.
The top picture is outside their school, middle picture is in front of our house and the bottom picture are with just a few of the neighborhood kids wating for school to start.
Hard to believe summer is over!