Harvest Tour 2012 Day 2
6 bloggers woke up to country fresh air in Franklin County Iowa on Saturday, October 6, 2012. They came to find out about: how food ends up on their table, rural living and the changes made in the last 100 years, entertainment in a small town, and why someone would want to live here. They…
Following the Hashtag #HarvestTour2012
6 bloggers came to Franklin County Iowa last night. We took them to the REA Plant and Museum (first farmer owned electricity plant in the United States), the Old Stone House (built in 1854) and Maynes Grove Lodge for some wine and food and mingling. Our hashtag for you to follow along on twitter is…
Meet the Bloggers
Six people and spouses/kids/moms will travel to Franklin County on Friday, October 5. They are all bloggers and come from Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and New Hampshire. We’ve invited them to be a part of the Harvest Tour 2012. They are staying at the Country Heritage Bed and Breakfast. They’ll see the REA Plant and Museum,…
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. It’s an opportunity to bring to light those activities that are not okay. When I was a junior in high school I received an anonymous letter stuck in my locker. It said, in essence, that I was a pretty girl and smart and if I could just lose…
Wordle
There’s this neat little website called www.wordle.net. If you go there, you can either enter a bunch of words or enter a website and they’ll pull words out of it and create a neat graphic. You can change colors, fonts, layout and language. Why not give it a try? Here’s a few things…
Harvest Tour 2nd Year
We’re hosting our 2nd Annual Bloggers Harvest Tour. Franklin County Farm Bureau, Latham Hi-Tech Seeds and Franklin County Tourism have teamed up to bring bloggers to our county. We’ll feed them, entertain them, show them around and just generally have a great time while they are here. Why do we do it? That’s simple, we…
Move it or lose it
I went to the gym this morning and took my 3 times a week class – Strengthen and Tone. It would be better called ‘Cardio with Weights and Jumping Around’. Strengthen and Tone appealed to me – I need to get stronger and the Lord knows I need toning. But life is pretty funny. Cause…
King/Vilsack Debate September 17, 2012
Our local Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce hosted the King/Vilsack debate at the historic Windsor Theatre. This is for the Senate seat in District 4 in Iowa. It was a lesson in local politics for many people. Enjoy the debate – and see how very different both sides are.
Comment Please
I just spent about 10 minutes reading a few blog posts. One was particularly poignant and I started to post a comment on Facebook where the writer had originally put the link. Then I stopped and remembered how important it is to the blogger that you comment ON THE BLOG. I went back, and put…
A Garden View
The birds outside my window make the leaves of the trees wiggle in the sunshine. I see flashes of yellow finches and happy go lucky barn swallows flit and fly here and there. There’s a beautiful old bench, with plenty of room to sit. See the white flowers, and the red tree? I can’t see…