Author Archives: detnyre

Happy Father’s Day! Just gave my Dad a call – he spent large part of the day picking strawberries with Mom.  They had picked several hundred quarts with most of them going to people who call them ahead of time … Continue reading →

Greetings from an overcast day in West Des Moines, IA… This past week we have been receiving lots of rain.  Some parts of Iowa are flooding, but we have not been impacted too much.  Went on a bike ride tonight … Continue reading →

Greetings from a rainy Memorial Day weekend in Iowa.. Seems like Memorial Day weekends always have crappy weather and this year is no exception.  Yesterday (Saturday) it rained most of the day, and we had more this morning.  Right now … Continue reading →

Greetings from a warm and sunny afternoon in West Des Moines, IA. Some rain and thunderstorms is expected to roll in the next few hours.  Latest forecast shows the most severe storms will be south of us – along the … Continue reading →

Happy Mother’s Day! Thought that was a cute card.  My mom has three sons so it seemed somewhat appropriate… Gave Mom a call this evening and she was happy with the flowers I ordered from Country Orchids in Fulton, IL. … Continue reading →

Greetings from a wet evening in Iowa… The weather has been quite unsettled here the past two weeks.  Last week we had to deal with snow and near-freezing temperatures for three days.  The temps hovered around 34 – so brought … Continue reading →

Greetings from a bright and sunny West Des Moines IA! After dealing with two weeks of rain and cold temperatures, we had a really nice weekend.  Temps were in the upper 70′s with a nice cooling breeze.  On Saturday morning … Continue reading →

Greetings from a humid evening in Iowa. The temps got into the mid-70′s today, and it is still 70 out at 8:00pm.  We are expecting thunderstorms and rain later this evening.  Hope we don’t get any bad storms, but we … Continue reading →

Greetings from a nice spring day in West Des Moines! We finally have some nice weather with temps in the mid-60′s most of the day and sunny.  Was able to have some windows cracked open in the apartment to let … Continue reading →

Happy Easter! Spent the weekend at my parents farm in Illinois.  John was not feeling social – so he stayed home.  Rented a white Toyota Camry at Enterprise – was surprised it only cost me $49.00 + fuel for the … Continue reading →