GIG Discussion forum: Visit to Amana
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| Thank you, Larry & Wilma! We enjoyed so much that you shared your life with us! I truly enjoyed sampling German food as it is one cuisine I know very little about. Your yard and flowers are lovely. Larry's guided tour of the Amana's was astounding. I was overwhelmed by the dedication in preserving them.     I really miss these guys; so much fun! |
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  Notice on the side of the building where they marked the flood levels    |
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| How lovely! I'm bound to get there one day. Where are we going, and why am I in this hand-basket? |
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| Awwwwwww........ My favorite doggy in the whole world. Home again home again, whew!!! What a wonderful trip. Now if I can only get my gazillion pictures loaded.... |
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| Tapping foot and waiting . . . |
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| Just keep tapping. You know how many photos I took?? Somewhere around 500. Bet y'all didn't know Iowa had so many wonderful photo ops, did you? Or maybe you did, you just kept it all well hidden. Still sorting. I have to finish a Spotlight article first, one for publishing tomorrow. Then I will write about my GIG experience..."Life as an Icicle in Iowa".....(teasing of course). And then I want to write about the Amanas and our visit with Larry and Wilma. And then I must write about Arlene's unbelievable food. I will be glued to the computer for days. I have such beautiful memories. |
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| I look forward to reading all about it! |
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| Great photos, Arlene. Thanks for sharing. While Arlene is tapping and Sharon is writing, I'll jump into the breech with a few photos of my own. Here is my very favorite--Sharon at a pond in the woods near our home. Such a beautiful expression of sheer joy!  Sharon and I traipsed along the water's edge, discovering wild strawberries, black raspberries, blackberries, May apples, and a host of other native plants. Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos! As a gardener: When planning for a year, I plant corn. When planning for decades, I plant trees. When planning for life, I train and educate people. Website: https://cottageinthemeadow.plantfans.com/ |
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 Clockwise from top left: Sharon on Katzebuckel (cat's back) Hill, photographing the Amana villages in the valley below; Sharon, Wilma, and Arlene on the hill; Arlene and Sharon at the pond in the woods; Sharon speaking with local artist, Gordon Kellenberger Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos! As a gardener: When planning for a year, I plant corn. When planning for decades, I plant trees. When planning for life, I train and educate people. Website: https://cottageinthemeadow.plantfans.com/ |
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 Clockwise from top left: Sharon with Laila on our back patio; Sharon at the Amana Arts Guild with a rug that Wilma's mom hooked and that appeared in National Geographic Magazine; Sharon on our driveway, eating that coveted Blackberry Jam Cake; the three cubiteers on our back patio Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos! As a gardener: When planning for a year, I plant corn. When planning for decades, I plant trees. When planning for life, I train and educate people. Website: https://cottageinthemeadow.plantfans.com/ |
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 Sharon's al fresco beauty salon Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos! As a gardener: When planning for a year, I plant corn. When planning for decades, I plant trees. When planning for life, I train and educate people. Website: https://cottageinthemeadow.plantfans.com/ |
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| Everything looks so lush! Thanks for sharing your photos, such a lovely place (and lovely people). |
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| Sweet memories! Ahhhhhhhh...look at Arlene, cool as can be, and me in a dozen layers of clothes. Thank you, Larry. (still writing...) |
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| Thanks for the memories, Larry. You and Wilma were such great hosts to Sharon and I. I'll never forget all I learned about the Amana's from you . . . well maybe some. |
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