The Amana Colonies in eastern Iowa are home to many old time barns, stone buildings and churches. When the seven villages entered the 2...

Mount Auburn, Iowa is a small farming community situated close to the Cedar River in northern Benton county. Monday's stiff westerl...

Memorial Day 2012 consisted of tributes to those who gave their lives for freedom. Parades, speeches and cemetery visits are typical wa...

During Sunday's annular eclipse this redwing blackbird claimed her territory near a corn field southwest of Alburnett, Iowa. The bird...

From 7:45 to 8:24 pm CDT today local sky conditions were optimum for viewing a celestial sight - an annular solar eclipse. Although wat...

Mack the bulldog stands watch on the hood of a truck which bares his name. The highway truck is parked in a long term storage area used...

Groundhog babies make their way out of an enclosure to warm themselves today. While it appears that four groundhogs are peeking out, ther...

Model A cars turn up quite often around here for some reason. Recently a restored A parked for display at a local festival. This hood orn...

An empty corn crib stands ready for another harvest in just about 5 months. Heck, the corn just was planted around 42N . For now the st...

Occassionally several elements of photo composition, lighting and cooperation from the model come together. This was the case while in ...

Maifest in the Amana Colonies is one of a series of annual celebrations  with themes of season, German, Amana, agrarian, and family. This...

This barn, now a museum was closed the day that I went by near West Amana, Iowa. Looks like a great place for further photo opps. Know ...

Area fields are prepared for planting and in some cases have already been seeded. As corn prices remain high the amount of acres plan...

Presidential election season brings candidates to  42N's Cedar Rapids ( CID ) area quite often. This morning the President of the ...