Romance

Looks like these two are deeply in love, or had too much to drink.

Crepes

Nothing quite like crepes in the morning at the farmers market!

Honey

Emmm, honey. That is a downside to winter. No farmers market.

Accordion

Here is a shot of an accordion from a local polka band.

Salvation

Merry Christmas and God bless.

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

Until the Son of God appear

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear

O come, O come, Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel

From: http://www.carols.org.uk/o_come_come_emmanuel.htm

The favourite O Come, O Come Emmanuel carol was originally written in Latin text in the 12th Century. The author of the words and composer to the music of O Come, O Come Emmanuel is unknown. It is , however believed that the melody was of French origin and added to the text a hundred years later. The Latin was translated into English by John Mason Neale in 1851.

Lets see if I can’t get this photoblog going again!

Ankeny, IA

This frog was hanging out on my driveway one night.

Des Moines, IA

I though you might enjoy this last forest shot.