The corn down along the bottom land has been harvested so we can get to the creek now. This time of the year it’s pretty low, perfect for exploring with some little dogs! I’ve found a nice sandy bend which is out of the wind and sort of hidden from the world. We are obviously …
We’re finally running in the wind here again. Malcolm has been in full-on sniff mode for the past few weeks. Rather than running around and getting his energy out he has been nose-to-the ground checking-out all the new and interesting smells. Sometimes I wish I could explain things to him as you can almost see …
Autumn in Iowa is… quirky. It can go from the 80’s to below freezing in a day and does so often enough that it’s not commented on as “strange weather”. There isn’t as much fall color here as there is in other places I’ve visited. It is definitely not Rhinebeck, but few places are! However, …
So, all of my stuff was loaded into a container and left the London Thamesport on the 29th of September on the good ship (at least I hope it’s good!) Hoechst Express which is owned and operated by Hapag-Lloyd which is a German shipping company. The ship is “expected” on the 20th of October in …
This morning I took my mom to the airport for the start of her Nordic journey. I hadn’t been to the Waterloo, IA airport in many years and was surprised at just how nice it was for a very little airport. At the Delta counter (they seem to be the only airline that was serving …
So I arrive just as the very first part of the harvest is beginning which is corn chopping. Corn chopping, unlike corn harvesting, uses the entire plant except for the roots. Rather than cutting the stalks down and removing the corn kernels from the plant, corn chopping cuts up the entire plant into small bits, …
At 9am this morning my house was invaded by 5 strong men armed with packing tape and giant rolls of bubble wrap with cats on it. The moving crew had arrived. They immediately set to work boxing and wrapping everything that they could get their hands on. It’s actually quite remarkable. The speed and efficiency …
I am so stressed right now I can’t really write at all. So instead I will give you pictures to show what my life is like right now… And still no sweaters….
Yesterday I got the word that it was time to go get some fleeces that I have been watching for the past two years (at very high speeds as I drove by!). I thought that they were Hebridean sheep but I found out that they were Black Welch Mountain sheep instead. I think I can …
We live in a lovely place that gives us the opportunity to take our dogs for a walk every day in wonderful field up the road. Every day I see things that I wish I were a better photographer to be able to capture. Today was the swallows. They may have been back for a …
Sarah Jane Humke 