The Galerie of Pella closing

The Galerie of Pella will be closing on the 31st of this month. For the next two weeks they are having a "Last Chance" sale where you have the opportunity to purchase a piece of your favorite Iowa artist's work.
I've been working with Steve and Molly at the Galerie here in Pella for over 5 years now. They grew the Galerie from 5 artists in a small gallery space opening right before Tulip Time in 2006 to their current large, spacious home featuring the work of over 45+ Iowa artists. I will miss working with them. I will miss having a gallery in my local town. Together we learned as we mounted shows and celebrated the creativity of so many artists in the area. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity. Endings are never easy, but a natural part of the rhythm of our lives. And, now we look for what is next. We take we have learned and we start a new bend in the journey.

Yah-it is time for a good old-fashioned garage sale!

I've done some deep cleaning in the studio and I'm joining I some friends who have a tremendous amount of paper, etc. that they are ready to part with-come check it out on Saturday if you are in Pella, IA! I'm selling plastic organization drawers, decorative stamps, kids stamps, idea books, 5 x 7 albums, foam stamps, handmade painted art journal papers and more. Come and join the fun!

HUGE Scrapbooking/Craft Supply sale at the Pella Memorial Building on Saturday from 8- 1...Paper, stamps, albums, idea books, tools, cricut cartridges and much much more!

Beauty in the moment

The view from the front of my house

right now

this very moment

beauty for the taking

Iowa Sweet Corn

It is sweet corn season here in Iowa.

We've made a few trips to the farm to reap the benefits of grandma and grandpa's sweet corn patch.


We had a bit more interesting journey out to the farm due to the huge road construction project on their road. We had to use the dirt road, go through a "road closed" sign, and bottomed out on some ungraded gravel, but we got there.



They plant it rows right in the field with the tractor and 12-row planter. And, while they did try to make me promise to remind them not to plant it again next year-I have a hard time seeing the tradition die quite yet. There is still nothing quite like eating sweet corn for lunch that was picked from the field that morning.


Capturing the sweet corn goodness to enjoy year around takes a bit of hard work from many hands-the boys were great help this year in picking, husking and even cutting the corn off the cob.



I know it is going to taste really great come February when we grab a bag out of the freezer and can have a bit of that sweet corn taste in the middle of winter.