In Iowa

My younger son and I went to Iowa from Oct 5 through Oct 8 to celebrate my father's birthday.  Relatives from my father's side reunited on Oct 6 for an excellent down-home luncheon at a local landmark, The Machine Shed (#5 out of 288 restaurants in town, according to Trip Advisor).  We ate family style.

I took only one photograph during the trip.  It would have been wiser to have taken pictures of all my relatives; these reunions are relatively infrequent.  But I tend to rely on my sister to be the family archivist.

Here is the lone photograph: a row of flowers along the side of the garage.  My mother always liked to grow flowers there, and my father has preserved the tradition as a living memory.