We spent day 2 of our Spring Road trip in Davenport, Iowa. We started with an early breakfast at The Brewed Book where we enjoyed Banana Bars and a delicious menu of Italian Soda Energy Drinks with book-themed flavors created by our Barista. I also left with a wonderful assortment of … Read more
it has been much too long since we were able to hit the open road. Today we stayed in Davenport and enjoyed touring the Figge Museum. This piece by Ukrainian-born artist Louise Nevelson was one of my favorites with its monochromatic found item design. We also loved this piece by Russian-born artist Morris Kantor … Read more
No cardmaking this weekend because I was off to a long weekend in Kansas City with my Sister. Our annual sunglasses in the car photo. We had fun exploring thrift stores, used book stores, and anywhere else that caught our eye. And of course we had amazing food. She remembered some amazing mussels … Read more
On Friday, I had the opportunity to wander around Grand Forks downtown and take in more of the sites … and you know I also did some shopping to help enrich the local economy. There were a nice mixture of shops where I found things for me and even a few gifts … and you … Read more
Once of the goals for my crafty trip to North Dakota was for Becca (aka Damsel of Distressed) to teach me how she makes her mixed media canvases (click on over to see her amazing creation). Messy and relatively unstructured creating are not my comfort-zone, but I hung in there with the process and … Read more
For my birthday, I decided to take my first post-pandemic plane right to Grand Forks, North Dakota to visit blog friend Becca (the Damsel of Distressed) for some creating fun time in her studio. Grand Forks is a beautiful city that has some things in common with Cedar Rapids … like being located on a … Read more
We've enjoyed almost a full two week vacation and now we must return to reality. We took a westward road trip to see our Nephew get married in the mountains of Colorado. Our first overnight was in Grand Island, Nebraska where we enjoyed an early supper at Kinkaider Brewing Company. Then we walked … Read more
We just returned from a lovely vacation circling through the Midwest. We started in Galena, Illinois where we had an amazing stay at the Jail Hill Inn. I highly recommend the accommodations if you are ever in the area. They have blocked-off a large portion of the downtown main street from traffic, so the restaurants … Read more
This week's Waffle Flower Challenge is Travel Around the World. For me travel is almost always (at least in part) about the food, so I chose three images from the Waffle Flower Food Adventure Set that are foods my Sister and I love to share when we travel (because even though I recently … Read more
It feels like forever since I shared a travel post. We just returned from Time in Missouri for a visit with my family. The trip began with a Sister Day in Springfield, Missouri. We started with breakfast at Van Gogh's Eatery. I had a beautifully crafted Coconut Milk Chai to start my meal … admire … Read more