Like I mentioned in the previous post – everything is blooming a lot earlier, even north of us. We’ve stopped in the city of Pella, Iowa many times before on our trip because there’s a nice coffee shop on the square with a good lunch menu, and the town square is a great place for…
Month: April 2012
green, and other colors
Feels good to be home after what feels like a marathon at work. Nice to sit at a computer and stare at photos from the weekend, and not construction drawings or emails. As I’m looking through the photos I’m marvelling at just how green everything is. Usually when we go north for the Easter holiday it feels a…
birthday shopping
So I have had a little birthday money burning a hole in my pocket – you know, for a whole two days now. I usually try to consciously spend gift money on something a little more fun than the over-considered, over-thought purchases that I tend to make. The kind of thing that I might come across…