What's new: I will try to keep this part updated and list the newest additions first...oh, wait...it's all new...

OK, before I start, you have to know that I love living in the Midwest. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but they're from California and they don't know any better. Here are a couple of examples of why the Midwest is so awesome. Clicking on each picture will enlarge it.

 

This was a recent sunset:

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This barn used to store hay and house cattle, but it sits and watches over the airport now. 

 

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What better  place for Princess Clara, Inspector of Clover, to live and grow? This is my granddaughter Clara, when she was a year old. She lives nearby with her mom and dad.

winterhome2.JPG (99881 bytes)Ready for a tour? My house is known as the South House because it was originally built by a gentleman by the name of Plummer South.

          

Here are some of the various rooms or views in my house: musicroom.JPG (91679 bytes) This is the music room. In it is the baby grand, a few violins, a tambourine, and a bunch of guitars (electric and acoustic). If you are interested in vintage guitars, contact my husband Larry.  This is my dining room window. We had so much snow that year that you could barely see the old blue spruce that stands as a sentinal in the backyard.   

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But if you look closely, you can see it. 

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This is the view from one of my bedroom windows.

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Here are some links you might find helpful (most are commercial, some are not--I take no responsibility for the content of any pages beyond my own):

http://www.thevictorianhouse.com

Commercial site-they sell plans.

http://www.doitnow.com/~smd/victoria.htm

This site provides numerous other links.

http://www.e-restores.com/preview/index.htm

Eastender Restoration--mostly for professional restorers, but you may get some good ideas here.

http://www.iowaalive.com/travel/midwest/990220.htm

This is a description of towns on the Illinois and Iowa sides of the Mississippi River.
http://www.victorianstation.com/home2.html A fairly commercial site, but still pretty useful.