Christmas cards to Dad mean others are thinking of him too
This week I am working on a sad and unanticipated task. When my dad was very ill, we started having his mail forwarded to my house. Then after we moved, I of course had everything forwarded to our new address. His mail has mostly been doctor bills and the occasional solicitation from the Danbury Mint, [...]
Gardening challenges old and new
I have been in love with gardening since the mid-70’s, when I used to collect houseplants and make terrariums as a kid. I didn’t really get to have a permanent garden, though, until we moved to Holcomb Avenue in November, 1991.
While I had many lovely perennial plants and thoroughly enjoyed planting annuals each year, my [...]
Our flooded house is finally gone
The demolition of the old house is complete. Photo at left of the hole in the ground was taken Wednesday of last week, and looks east toward the neighbor’s house. Clean-up will continue, of course, but with the bitter cold it may be awhile.
I had a love-hate relationship with trees on this property. The tree standing [...]
Five Questions with… Larry Bradshaw
Five Questions With… is a series on DMweblife highlighting Des Moines area bloggers and their blogs! This edition features Larry Bradshaw of Living Downtown Des Moines. Although the blog started out as a place to simply share bits and pieces of downtown living, it’s growing to include resources for those looking to keep up on [...]
UPDATED with video: She’s going… but she’s not going quietly
Got a call that they were set to demolish our flooded house today, so knowing that work goes quick, headed over to watch it happen. About 2 minutes into the work, something broke off the giant claw and just like that, they were done for the day. Now the house is sitting partially busted up [...]
Five Questions With… Ginger Johnson
Five Questions With… is a series on DMweblife highlighting Des Moines area bloggers and their blogs! This edition features Ginger Johnson of Snap! Creativeworks. Online, Ginger’s all about connecting, communicating, and thinking creatively. In person, she’s your liveliest girlfriend with the infectious laugh and extra dose of confidence. Here, then, are Ginger’s answers to the Five [...]