Primitives from the Iowa Prairie

We spent Christmas in Dubuque with my inlaws, complete with ham and drama. Isn't there a person in all our family trees that just can...

Things have slowed down, giving me some time to indulge myself with painting stuff. I took my favorites, blue and white and prettied up a f...

My first Christmas cards arrived this week, the first all the way from England--Thank you Karen, and Merry Christmas (it will probably be a ...

Well, if you haven't checked the blog for Homestead Deppen, Teresa has about the most beautiful house ever. After looking over her wond...

I've seen lots of videos on the internet where parents coach their kids to ask a politician a question, which just makes me sigh, but al...

Back home in Iowa City and finally got the tree decorated last night, had to move Anna's desk to find room for the tree, so she is squis...

I worked like crazy getting the house cleaned and rearranged into a two day store, and think the results were good. The shoppers were a bit...