Monday, July 22, 2013

But wait, there's more...

More new foods to appear at the state fair:

  • Carmel Apple Funnel Cake
  • Strawberry Funnel Cake
  • Maple Bacon Funnel Cake
  • Jalapeno Cheese Corndog
  • Fresh Tenderloin Sandwich
  • Bratwurst on a Pretzel Bun
  • Cajun Flavored Cheese Curds
  • Deep Fried Prairie Oysters
  • Fresh Wood Oven Pizza
  • Graham Champion Fair Square

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Kori at the zoo...

A kori bustard that is...




We finally checked out the zoo in Des Moines, which is pretty nice.  They have a great exhibit of African animals, including this bird, a native of Tanzania called: the kori bustard!  Another highlight of the zoo, the free-range wallabies... 

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

record breaking attendance at bird feeder





A real crowd at
the feeder: SIX birds in attendance! 

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Show me the bunny...

Less than seven days now til the Bunny Hopping competition at the county fair...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

toasty...

The car thermometer today read: 99 deg.
It went down to 98 deg. while driving.


Thursday, June 27, 2013

summer lovin'

Time to announce the new foods at the upcoming state fair:

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/06/27/iowa-state-fair-announces-new-foods-shrimp-corndog-brownie-on-a-stick-and-more/article


To be fair, I was a little disappointed, I thought that there was going to be some sort of
monster shrimp corndog brownie (On a stick).  These are apparently all separate, distinct
delicacies. 

This does sound pretty sweet:
Soft Salted Chocolate-Dipped Almond Pretzel On-a-Stick: It’s a soft pretzel dipped in chocolate almond bark and sprinkled with slivered almonds and a dash of salt,

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Pittsburgh pride maybe?

For a while I kept seeing a car with a Steeler's plate frame parked in our apartment parking lot so I knew there must be a Pittsburgher among us ;)
But I never saw the person/driver associated with this car, so I could never comment on it.  And in
a recent situation in which I did comment about someone's Steeler's apparel (actually a little kid), it turned out rather awkwardly that they actually had no Pittsburgh connection at all.  But I digress...
Earlier I saw a woman in the lot wearing BOTH a Steeler's shirt and a Pirate's cap, and so yes, I knew they must of course be from Pittsburgh.  So I did say something and the person seemed a little startled, even after I mentioned that I used to live there.  Oh well, who knows what's up with people.  It turns out she is the mother of one of my neighbors.  But I don't really know any of the neighbors too well.