Castle Bookstore near Mayo Clinic

If you ever are visiting Mayo Clinic in

Rochester, Minnesota, there's a

Barnes and Noble store in the

skywalk/subway system

very close to Mayo.

I don't know the history of the building,

but now the bookstore resembles

a castle.

It's the coolest bookstore

I've ever been in.

I happen to love bookstores.

Could spend hours, days, weeks,

getting lost in them.

I absolutely adore the castle theme

of this bookstore.

And I love that it's so very close

to Mayo

so that when you're visiting

you have a place to go where your

imagination

can take you

anywhere

and away from every reason

you're there at

Mayo in the first place.

They used to have a great reading nook

in the front window,

with nice fluffy chairs.

They were gone this time.

Silly me.

I thought they'd want people

to enjoy the place and be comfortable.

I miss the fluffy chairs,

but I do still love the bookstore.

Worth visiting if you ever

need to take a trip to Mayo Clinic.

Sunrise Over Iowa

Few things are as breathtaking as a

gorgeous sunset or sunrise.

Thankfully I was awake when this

beauty of a sunrise

appeared and my son pointed it

out to me. My house doesn't give

 me the best spot to take

sunrise pictures, but I knew

that in a matter of minutes

the gorgeous colors would be gone so

I had to make do with what I had.

I thank God for giving all of us

a beautiful sunrise over Iowa

on the morning of Monday September 17.

This especially goes out to all the

service men and women

who are serving our country overseas

and weren't here in Iowa

to see this sunrise.

May you come home safely.



Fall Colors

I can't believe how quickly autumn has caught up

with me. I can't believe my last blog entry was

2 months ago.

Time flies.

I spent some time on a

beautiful day this past week

at Jester Park. If you're anywhere

in Central Iowa and have not been

to Jester, you're missing out on quite a treat.

It's always gorgeous, no matter what time of year.

The park is well maintained and the

beautyof the land

along the Des Moines River

can't be beat.

Here's some photos of the

pelicans that stop by the area every year

on their journey south.

I also found every color

of the rainbow as I traveled through

Jester Park in search of the perfect photos.

It was such a peaceful place to play.