text: Holiday Gift Guide'Tis the season for giving, and The Iowan is pleased to offer our annual Holiday Gift Guide. We've spent the last year combing the state for great ideas, each one with its own Iowa connection. Buying locally is a way to not only support Iowa artisans and retailers and fuel local economies but also to ensure that your gifts are unique and memorable. Pour a warm cup, get comfortable, and start shopping! [ compiled by Paula Poland | photography by BoBBIe RussIe ] MEDIA PARTNERS PRESENTS The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Iowa's Jolly Holiday Lights Ooooh and aaaah like never before This year, take in a 3D holiday experience at Jolly Holiday Lights! Just purchase a set of three 3D glasses for $3 and you'll enhance your enjoyment of our 3 mile magical holiday wonderland. (Wow! That's a lot of threes!) And as always, 100% of your $9 admission goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa to help children with life-threatening medical conditions. For more information visit www.iowa.wish.org or www.hyvee.com. Share the Power of a Wish® and join us this holiday season! Water Works park Nov. 24 - Jan. 2 5:30 - 10:00pm [ giftguide ] Pamper Him show that great guy in your life how much you care — about his skin. Give him some healthful, botanical skin-care products from Soy Spacasso. The Manstyle line includes this oatmeal Milk & Honey Hydrating Formula lotion and oatmeal Milk & Honey soothing lip Balm. The unisex sweet Vanilla sea salts Foaming Body scrub is also popular. available at east Village spa and Mountain Memories in des Moines, as well as online. $18/8oz Manstyle Oatmeal Milk & Honey Hydrating Formula Lotion $4 Manstyle Oatmeal Milk & Honey Soothing Lip Balm $15/8 oz Unisex Sweet Vanilla Sea Salts Foaming Body Scrub East Village Spa 315 e. 5th #121, des Moines 515-309-2904 Mountain Memories southridge Mall #229 1111 army Post Road, des Moines 515-287-2011 www.spacasso.com 877-493-6891 Because Shea's Worth It she'll love these pretty and terrific-smelling shea butter soaps from Two Rivers Soap Company. order online or pick up at the main store. Check the Soy-tastic! website for other retail locations. $20/5 pk A & R Creations is the husband and wife team allan Two Rivers Soap Company and Ronda Mathias, who make these soy candles 1017 Main street, suite 3, norwalk at home in Woodburn. available in nine fragrances: www.tworiverssoaps.com Baked apple, Black Raspberry Vanilla, Golden lilac, 515-779-7282 love spell, Mulberry Classic, orange Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Vanilla Hazelnut, and Black Cherry. each candle comes in a 6-oz. jelly jar. Purchase online. $6.10 each EaSy www.buyiowaonline.com (click on "Candles") LInkS! Our online version has direct links to all the websites listed here. www.Iowan.com Click on Holiday Gift Guide Soft as a Feather Give someone the gift of a good night's sleep! The Czech Feather & Down Company is a family-owned business that's been making down and feather-blend pillows, comforters, and feather beds for over 100 years. This standard pillow is 10 percent goose down and 90 percent goose feather. The lap comforter is 100 percent goose down. Visit the store in Mount Vernon or shop online. Custom orders are available. $48 Standard pillow / $155 Lap comforter Czech Feather & Down Company 103 1st street West, Mount Vernon www.czechfeatherdownco.com 319-895-6551 THe IoWan november/december 2009 29 [ giftguide ] Out of the Woodwork Joel and Karma Brokaw and their seven children operate a family-owned woodworking business, JK Creative Wood & Gifts in Pitcher Kalona, in the heart of the largest amish settlement west of the Mississippi. each Perfect one-of-a-kind cutting board is made using multiple woods. nothing goes to waste; long before the sawdust is recycled by amish neighbors and used as animal bedding. Found Greenfield artist online at the Iowa artisans Gallery. (Call Joel or Karma for information on additional Carole lundy founded Pots and Knots, she retail outlets.) was making pottery from clay found on the $22 Extra-small / $40 Small family farm in southern Iowa. Carole's early JK Creative Wood & Gifts works dried on fence posts and were fired in www.iowa-artisans-gallery.com her mom's trash pile. This cobalt blue pitcher 319-656-3990 with a freehand floral design is high-fired stoneware and lead-free. Holds 2 cups. order online. $30 What's Cooking? www.buyiowaonline.com a product of the Restoration Committee (click on "Ceramics and Pottery") of the Garland Hotel in Bedford, 150 Years of Good Taste is packed with recipes, including many treasured family heirlooms. Proceeds go toward the restoration of the 1857 hotel. Find it online. $15 On the Cutting Edge www.buyiowaonline.com These beautiful kitchen (click on "Kitchen") knives are works of functional art that would make any chef happy. doug Gethmann of Gethmann Knife Works in Gladbrook offers free sharpening Cups O' Fun and guarantees his knives These stoneware mugs from Sunflower Pottery for life. Handmade blocks in Pella were created by Bob anderson on a cut from native Iowa trees decades-old foot-powered wheel, then hand- complement this fine set of glazed by Bob's wife, Connie. Find them in the kitchen cutlery. Call to order. Iowa artisans Gallery or purchase online. $200 set $ 28 Flying pig mug / $ 28 Cow mug (also sold individually) Iowa Artisans Gallery Gethmann Knife Works 207 e Washington st., Iowa City 641-473-2942 319-351-8686 www.iowa-artisans-gallery.com 30 www.Iowan.com [ giftguide ] Every Day of the year support Iowa's museums by giving The Men of the Iowa Museum Association (IMa) 2010 calendar. each month features one of Iowa's favorite museums and one of its outstanding male staff members. Buy at living History Farms MarketPlaCe Museum store or call to order. Proceeds support the IMa and living History Farms. $7.50 Living History Farms 2600 111th st., urbandale 515-278-5286 Iowa Museum Association 2010 Calendar Rock Out Reflections of a Red Moon is a While you Work handcrafted, one-of-a-kind electric solid- — or anytime body guitar inspired by nature's own These clever wooden whistles abstraction. swamp-salvaged redwood created by the "Whistle lady," Iowa City artist shapes the theme of this piece, with an Connie Roberts, make terrific stocking stuffers! inlay of a red moon reflecting over the Find them at the Iowa artisans Gallery or buy online. night waters and enhanced by other $10 Cigar / $10 Umpire pencil / $10 Iowa corn colorful, unstained tonewoods, Iowa Artisans Gallery together producing a deep, rich, 207 e. Washington st., Iowa City warm tone with a clean and www.iowa-artisans-gallery.com articulate voice. learn more about 319-351-8686 Cedar Rapids-based Crow Hill Guitars online. $4,000 www.crowhillguitars.com Gift of Legacy 641-919-5260 Through a series of recorded interviews, personal historian sherry Borzo of Storied Gifts will archive your stories and pair with selected photos and mementos, binding the collection into an heirloom book. a cherished gift for family and friends. Cost determined by interview time and content volume. Contact sherry for more information. $30/hour Storied Gifts www.storiedgifts.com 515-707-9455 email@example.com Special Delivery This one-of-a-kind, handcrafted letter opener is another beautiful product from Gethmann Knife Works. suddenly, even opening bills seems fulfilling. Call to order. $20 641-473-2942 THe IoWan november/december 2009 31 [ giftguide ] Treasure This These Trinket Boxes made by Madrid artist Christine Moran of Made with U in Mind come in three sizes and are perfect for storing everything Carry On from photos to jewelry. even rocks. Karen Jackson and the folks at Premium Designs (she makes them for boys, too!) LLC can take your favorite photos or works of Call to order. special orders may art and turn them into beautiful, one-of-a-kind require additional costs. treasures. using dye-sublimation — a high-quality $19 Large (5½" h x 8¼" w x 5½" d) photo imprinting process that uses vaporized $16.25 Medium (4¼" h x 7¼" w x 4½" d) color versus ink jet dots — they can personalize $9 Small (3¾" h x 6¼" d x 3¼" d) and customize just about anything. These Made With U In Mind messenger bags feature a Velcro flap; additional 515-795-2522 flaps can be purchased, allowing the user to change the look of the bag. $39.95 Messenger bag w/ one flap $12 Extra flaps Premium Designs LLC 1906 Ingersoll ave. #9, des Moines www.premiumdesignsnow.com 515-490-2391 Funky Fashion artWear artist Renee Mak makes fashion fun Glass becomes art in the talented hands with her hand-painted, hand-dyed of Mimi senn. These one-of-a-kind jewelry clothing and jewelry. From scarves pieces make a statement. drop by Mimi's to T-shirts to glass pendants and from the Market or shop online. more, there's something for all $17 Earrings / $19 Pendant / $35 Bracelet ages. shop online at Fuss It Up! Mimi's From the Market from $25 207 5th st., West des Moines Fuss It Up! www.mimisenn.com www.fussitup.etsy.com 515-250-1806 32 www.Iowan.com Give the Gift of Iowa Give Tassel Ridge Wine Gift Baskets—We offer a variety of themed baskets, or we will custom design one just for you. Prices start at $30 Custom Labeled Wine—Choose from one of our formats, or let us help you design your own label! Minimum order is 12 bottles of one type of wine. Prices from $130.60 to $250.60 per case of wine. Dipping Oils—Enjoy our selection of dipping oils with ciabatta, foccacia, baguettes, or any other crusty bread. Flavors include Roasted Garlic, Tomato Basil, Traditional Italian, Herb it Up!, Spice it Up!, Jalapeno-Cilantro, Provence, and Normandy. $16.50 Candlelight Wine Brittle—This crunchy brittle candy is made with Tassel Ridge Candlelight wine and Spanish peanuts. $9.50 In The Dark Chocolate Fudge—is delicious over ice cream, strawberries, pound cake, crepes, or by the spoonful. This rich, dark chocolate fudge is made with our In the Dark wine. $10 Candlelight Caramel Sauce—is a silky-smooth caramel sauce with a hint of Tassel Ridge Candlelight wine. Drizzle over ice cream, dip apple slices—the possibilities are endless. $10 Tassel Ridge Winery New Sharon 1681 220th St • Leighton, IA 50143 Otley 63 641.672.WINE (9463) Exit 40 Pella www.tasselridge.com Tassel Ridge 163 T15 Winery Leighton 220th Street 92 Winery Tours and Tastings: 92 Oskaloosa Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. 23 Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 63 Cedar Sunday, Noon–6 p.m. Eddyville Purchasing Wine: Wines are sold at the winery Tassel Ridge Winery is located between and over 200 retail locations. For a full list, visit Pella and Oskaloosa on the south side of www.tasselridge.com. We offer shipping services. Highway 163. Tassel Ridge Wines…Simply Extraordinary Holiday Gift Ideas from the Heart of Iowa! ORDER 10% ONLINE DISCOUNT www.HeartOfIowa.com Web orders receive a Shipping/Delivery 10% discount - Available! Must enter code HOI09 The Iowa Store & So Much More! 211 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 515-274-IOWA (4692) or Toll Tree 1-866-274-4692 Located in Historic Valley Junction Featuring Iowa foods, gifts, souvenirs, gift baskets, John Deere, Cyclone & Hawkeye Gifts! Your #1 trusted choice for Iowa gifts since 1986! Featuring our 2009 Let us handle all the details this holiday! Glass Ornament We make it convenient and easy for A holiday tradition since 1990 everyone on your list! Specializing in Corporate Gifts. $13.95 [ giftguide ] Stands alone We're told there's no comparison between the bland variety of Gouda cheese found in most grocery stores and the fresh variety offered by a local farm. The Bandstra family's Frisian Farms, located near Pella, makes Gouda in the dutch tradition. Fruity and tangy when young, Gouda develops a caramel sweetness as it ages. Buy online or in select stores. Visit the website for shipping information and a list of specific retail locations. $18.99/lb Frisian Farmstead Mature Gouda $18.99/lb Frisian Farmstead Smoked Gouda Hold the ketchup Frisian Farms Family-owned Denison Mustard Co. has www.frisianfarms.com been making high-quality mustard for email@example.com many years. There are several varieties to tempt the taste buds of the mustard lover on your gift list. Visit Heart of Iowa Market Place, located in West des Moines' Historic Valley Junction, or order online. $4.50 Heart of Iowa Market Place 211 5th st., West des Moines www.HeartofIowa.com 866-274-IoWa (4692) toll free Bagpipes Optional Olde Main Brewing Company offers "fresh full-flavored beer for the discerning palate." Beer Buff alert Try off KIlTer, a traditional scottish ale aman's Millstream Brewing Company's schild Brau amber is a with a subdued hop and high in malt flavor. coppery-color microbrew with a full-bodied malt character. The brewmaster actually wears a kilt while This 13-time national award-winning lager pairs well brewing to achieve maximum scottish feel with items on the grill or on the holiday table. and tradition. Visit the website for a list of available statewide. Visit the website for a complete retail locations. $8.99 (price may vary) list of retail locations. $8.99 www.oldemainbrewing.com www.millstreambrewing.com 515-232-0553 319-622-3672 Hog Heaven The "Purveyor of Quality," Lewright Meats in eagle Grove offers this gift box with six old Fashioned Hickory smoked Wieners, four Hickory smoked Polish sausages, two Hickory-smoked Boneless Ham steaks, one each of its Hickory smoked Bacon, Hickory smoked Cottage Bacon, Hickory smoked Beef summer sausage, Hickory smoked Ring Bologna, and Hickory smoked Barbequed Pork. all Iowa pork, smoked the old-fashioned way with Savory Snacks real hickory logs. other boxed The Amana Meat & Smokehouse's Heritage Gift sets available. Basket includes light-smoked summer sausage, Visit the store and deli or double-smoked summer sausage, dill Mustard, purchase online or by phone. stone Ground Mustard, Beet Pickles, and Pickled $44 (Shipped UPS for asparagus. Visit the store or shop online. Call for an additional $13.50) shipping information. $49.95 Lewright Meats Amana Meat & Smokehouse 108 north Iowa, eagle Grove 4513 F street, amana www.lewrightmeats.biz www.amanameatshop.com 515-448-4286 800-373-6328 THe IoWan november/december 2009 35 [ giftguide ] Chocolate Top This Decadence Make the chocolate lover on your list Homemade fudge! Heart of Iowa Market Place melt. Food critics Jane and Michael makes its own in several creamy flavors. We tried stern call lago's Hot Fudge "just maybe Chocolate, Iowa explosion, Trappistine Caramel, the best hot fudge in this solar system and Chocolate amaretto. or pick up a clever or any other." Lagomarcino's has been Chocolate lolly from Bettendorf's Chocolate making fine chocolates in the Quad Manor. Find it all at Heart of Iowa Market Place. Cities area since 1908. order online. stop in or shop online. $15.90/two 12 oz jars $5.50 ½ lb Fudge / $1.95 Chocolate Lolly www.lagomarcinos.com Heart of Iowa Market Place 309-764-1814 211 5th st., West des Moines www.HeartofIowa.com 866-274-IoWa (toll free) Serve Generously Made from grape wine and natural chocolate flavor, Chocolate Granfinalé is a dessert wine from Tassel Ridge Winery in leighton. Rich and warm with generous chocolate notes. Pairs well with a nut torte or fruit dessert. Visit the website for shipping information and a complete list of retail locations. $20 Perfect Ending The folks at Tassel Ridge Winery have introduced a new dessert wine made from grapes grown in Mahaska County. Finalé Sweet as Honey Iowa Red pairs well with dark chocolate or In fact, it is honey. Your gift of Gourmet makes a fine finish all by itself. Buy online Creamed Honey from Randol Honey Farm or in select stores. Visit the website for in Winterset comes in 12 flavors: Plain, apple shipping information and a complete list of Cinnamon, Blackberry, Blueberry, Butter Rum, retail locations. $17 Cinnamon, Jalapeño, orange, Peach, Pecan, Raspberry, and strawberry. Try one on toast, as Tassel Ridge Winery a flavoring for tea, or as an ice cream topping. www.tasselridge.com Yum! order online. 641-672-WIne $3.95/5 oz / $5.95/12 oz www.randolhoney.com 515-210-7445 Cacao Finesse The Chocolate Cafe is known for its european chocolates, but the candy maker also offers specialty cheesecakes in several tempting flavors. We chose White Chocolate strawberry swirl, almost too beautiful to eat. almost. Visit The Chocolate Cafe in Fairfield or call to order. $30.75, 9-inch / $20.75, 7-inch The Chocolate Cafe 55 south Court, Fairfield www.chocolatecafefairfield.com 641-209-1999 36 www.Iowan.com Y O C O M FA R M S A "Deliciously Different" Holiday Treat For over fifty years, YOCOM FARMS gift packages of Upland Game Birds, Smoked Meats, Steaks and Chops have been favorite holiday gifts. Each specially designed gift package also includes savory seasonings, fine cooking wines and the famous YOCOM FARMS recipes and instructions. We feel you'll discover our YOCOM FARMS gift packages are greatly appreciated and long remembered. Hickory-Smoked Turkey (approx. 10 lbs.). . . $37.50 Ringneck Pheasants (Pkg of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . $42.50 Fully Cooked Smoked Ham (approx. 9 lbs.) . $37.50 Bobwhite Quail (Pkg of 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47.50 Send us your gift list today! Prime Hen Turkey (approx. 14 lbs.) . . . . . . . $29.95 Smoked Pheasants (Pkg of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00 Y O C O M FA R M S Ribeye Steaks (Pkg of 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54.50 BUSINESS OFFICE P.O. Box 4996 • Des Moines, IA 50306 Iowa Chops (Pkg of 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37.50 515/243-0877 • FAX: 515/282-4686 email@example.com Plus Shipping and Handling Join us for a show The "Original" Iowa Afghan at ENJOY Glynns Creek April thru December! gifts Bed & Breakfast HOSPITALITY this holiday season. IBBIA Established in 1986 Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Association The 2009 Iowa Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Associaton directories are available at www.iabedandbreakfast.com TRY IBBIA'S NEW COOKBOOK Gift certificates are • Featuring Iowa scenes and landmarks • 50" x 65" • 100% Cotton • Willamsburg Blue • Hunter Green Discover Iowa: • Cranberry Red • All available with natural background cooking with always available! Iowa Products $ 59.95 (Includes tax and shipping) Glynns Creek Gifts 19450 300th St., Long Grove, Iowa 52756 In Iowa, call 800-888-INNS (4667) for a To order call or email: 563/285-7691 or Woven in the U.S.A. free directory, or call 712-580-4242 email: email@example.com s r r Gift certificates available oldcreamery.com or 1-800-35AMANA TM THe IoWan november/december 2009 37 Make a Wish LANCE M. FOSTER Make a Memory frontier Holiday Open House forts of Iowa IndIans, Traders, and soldIers, 1682–1862 November 21 - 10am-5pm st November 22 nd - 1pm-5pm Holiday Tour of Homes THE INDIANS OF IOWA December 6th - starting at 1pm Edited by william E. whittaker Webster City's The Indians of Iowa by Lance M. Foster 162 pages . 12 drawings . 4 maps Frontier Forts of Iowa Indians, Traders, & Soldiers, 1682–1862 Holiday Delights $16.95 paperback edited by William E. Whittaker 286 pages . 15 color illustrations . 41 maps 25 b&w photos . $29.95 paperback 8 IOWA where great writing begins University of Iowa Press . www.uiowapress.org www.visitwebstercityiowa.com order toll-free 800.621.2736 800-535-8341 GIVE MORE Making Holiday magic… CANDIES "Kettle fresh since 1938" s 3049 Asbury Road, Dubuque Kennedy Mall, Dubuque Lindale Mall - Lower Court, Cedar Rapids 563.582.4668 or 800.642.1254 Mail early, we ship anywhere in the U.S. 236066(11-29 Mail early. Mail early, we ship We ship anywhere anywhere in the U.S. in the U.S. Stopwine with us! www.BettyJaneCandies.com Order multiple gift subscriptions in and and save! LOESS HILLS VINEYARD & Winery www.iowan.com x x 1120 Old Lincoln Highway Crescent, Iowa (712) 545-3054 www.loesshillsvineyardandwinery.com 38 www.Iowan.com [ giftguide ] For the Birds. and the Earth This bluebird house from WoodLink (located in Mount ayr) is environmentally friendly (it's made from recycled plastic) and tough and durable — and inviting to feathered friends. We found this one at Buy Iowa online (click Grows on you on "eco-friendly"). $44.99 Gardeners can sow their www.buyiowaonline.com Iowa roots with an Heirloom seed Collection from Seed Savers Exchange, located in decorah. each collection includes six packets containing some of seed savers most popular Tiptoe Through Tulips varieties. Growing and seed-saving instructions are Imagine a walk through the garden on beautiful included so gardeners can plant year after year. stained-glass and concrete stepping stones created Choose from Heirloom Farm Favorites (6 vegetable by West des Moines artist Mimi senn. order one from varieties), Heirloom lettuce Collection, sunflower stock or create your own design. available in several Collection, and Heirloom Flower Collection. sizes, too. Find them at Mimi's from the Market or learn more about seed savers on the website. order online. online ordering is available. Place an online order or phone. $35 Heart-shaped stepping stone $13.50 ea/6 pk Mimi's From the Market www.seedsavers.org 207 5th st., West des Moines 563-382-5990 www.mimisenn.com 515-250-1806 Light the Earth West des Moines artist John novotny makes this one-of-a-kind stone oil lamp and other artistry from stones found throughout the Midwest. The lamps are available in a variety of sizes; large lamps come with multiple oil reservoirs. John's wife, Kim, uses smaller stones to create distinctive jewelry and accessories. Visit Light the Earth in West Light Someone's Fire des Moines' Historic Valley Junction or on the Web. (online price for lamps includes loved ones can keep warm all winter, starting their shipping.) Starting at $75 (in store) fires the natural way with Prairie Bug Firestarters. Light the Earth Inspired by fireflies on an Iowa summer night, 125 5th st., West des Moines Whole Earth Partners of newton makes Prairie Bugs www.lighttheearth.com chemical-free and environmentally safe — using 515-271-RoCK recycled cardboard and pure soy wax. Visit the website for a list of retail outlets or to purchase. $12.95/12 pk. www.prairiefirebugs.com Gone a'Hunting 641-792-3074 There's no end to the fine products from Gethmann Knife Works. doug Gethmann's high-quality hunting and fishing knives are made from high- carbon and damascus layered steel. Handles are made from various animal antlers and horns. Bolsters are made from German silver, brass, copper, stainless steel, or any other metals his customers might request. spacers are made from semiprecious stones such as turquoise, malachite, coral, and more. accents are made with ivory and other exotic materials. Call to order. from $100 Gethmann Knife Works 641-473-2942 THe IoWan november/december 2009 39 [ giftguide ] Well Read staff at some of Iowa's independent bookstores suggest titles for the bibliophile on your list. (see additional selections on The Iowan's website: www.iowan.com. Click on Holiday Gift Guide.) Home By Marilynne Robinson Picador, 2009 $14 (paperback) The Iowa Writers' Workshop's Marilynne Oneota Flow Robinson returns with Home, a novel By david Faldet set in the same time period and in the university of Iowa same town as her Pulitzer Prize-winning Press, 2009 Gilead. after 20 years, prodigal son $27.70 Jack comes home, where his minister father is dying. Reverend Boughton's an in-depth look — through historical impending death brings wayward son, records, research, and personal devoted and responsible daughter, experience — at how the upper Iowa and loving, forgiving, and increasingly River has evolved over time. Faldet focuses dependent father together. Home is about on the ways people depend on the river, reconciliation, love, faith, and family. the environment, and the resources of — Kathleen Johnson, the region, and how we in turn need to Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City nurture the river. — Carrie Duranceau, To order, call Prairie lights Bookstore at Bookends & Beans, Decorah 800-295-BooK or visit the website: www.prairielightsbooks.com. To order, call Bookends & Beans at 563-382-0100 or visit the website: www.bookendsbeans.com. 99 Voices/99 Lives By John Thompson Palindrome Publishing of Iowa, 2006 This Water Iowa's $21.40 Goes North Railroads: By dennis Weidmann An Album 99 Voices/99 Lives is pure Iowa. John Manitenahk Books, By H. Roger Grant Thompson has brought his love of 2008 and teaching and writing to a peak in this $21.95 don Hofsommer book. He researched all of the 99 counties Indiana University of Iowa and subsequently penned a poem This Water Goes North is a charming, Press, 2009 for each one. From "Money Talks," a short sometimes laugh-out-loud telling of the true $29.95 history of Jesse James, to "Flighhhht of tale of four young Iowa men who set out an emblem," an ode to the storied life of in 1979 to paddle 1,400 miles north to the Iowa's Railroads: An Album is a pictorial farming in Wright County and the state Hudson Bay. Why? Why not! Weidmann's history of Iowa's railroad heritage, from of Iowa, he has managed to capture story is one of american youthful the glory days of steam to the diesel the essence of life in our great state. a spirit, adventure, and a quest that their revolution with an interesting chapter synopsis is included explaining how topics grandchildren will hear about for years. on the interurban electric railway in the were chosen for each county. don't miss this! 1890s. — Bill Greenley, — Nancy Simpson, — John Heitzman, O'town Books, Ottumwa Book Vault, Oskaloosa The Book Store, Des Moines To order, call o'town Books at To order, call the Book Vault at Visit the Book Store or call 641-682-0901 or order by email 641-676-1777 or visit the website: 515-288-7267 to order. at email@example.com. www.bookvault.org 40 www.Iowan.com [ giftguide ] now Open a magazine and so much more! Cuppa Joe to Go Visit The Iowan store online — This durable 16 oz www.iowan.com — to view all our products. stainless-steel travel mug features a thumb rest handle and a secure recessed lid. Its double- wall insulation will keep beverages hot. $9.95 Top Hat This organic cotton baseball cap will please the eco-conscious. The cotton is harvested from pesticide-free farms. The dyes are eco-friendly, too. adjustable back-strap closure for custom fit. $19.95 Wear It Proud our 100-percent preshrunk cotton t-shirts are designed for comfort. available in men's sizes. Choose from dark chocolate brown, indigo blue, Home-Grown heliconia pink. $14.95 S-XL / $17.95 2XL deck out your littlest Iowans in our infant creeper. Heather gray with blue or pink printing. 90% cotton/10% polyester. In sizes 12 mo, 18 mo, 24 mo. $22.95 REVERSIBLE! Hat Trick our reversible sun hat provides comfort and protection. an adjustable draw cord makes it one-size-fits-all. Khaki/white. Machine washable.$19.95 Bag It our two-tone drawstring backpack is reusable and Get Dirty recyclable. approx. 17" x our 100-percent preshrunk cotton 13½" $9.95 t-shirts are designed for comfort. available in men's sizes. Pistachio green, tangerine, chestnut brown. $14.95 S-XL / $17.95 2XL SPECIaL OFFER Dig It! GIFT our popular 3-pocket apron is back, and at a new low price. Pick one up for your favorite gardener. Tiny Green Thumbs TWO (TWO Iowa magazines For the gardener-to-be, our infant creeper. Green $19.95 for ONE low price) Heather gray in sizes 12 mo, 18 mo, 24 mo. www.pioneermagazines.com 90% cotton/10% polyester. $22.95 THe IoWan november/december 2009 41 [ giftguide ] Symphonic Sounds Rock-a-Bye Kids young and old will a child's rocking chair from south amana's Schanz delight in the marimba- Furniture will please little ones today and could one like sound produced as day become a treasured family heirloom. Pictured marbles descend through model is solid cherry with a natural bamboo this musical marble tree cane seat and back. from south amana's Schanz stop by the store or call to order. Furniture. The branching sock monkey not included. petals in various sizes are From $245-$475 made of a combination of Schanz Furniture walnut, cherry, oak, and 2773 Hwy 6 Trail, birch plywood. stop by the south amana store or call to order. $74 www.schanzfurniture.com Schanz Furniture 319-622-3529 2773 Hwy 6 Trail, south amana www.schanzfurniture.com 319-622-3529 kulinary kids Junior chefs will love to help with GreenWear dinner when they're wearing Kids will be stylin' in these hand- this matching apron and painted T-shirts from Greenfield's chef's hat created by Red Rhubarb. shirts are 100-percent retired schoolteacher and prewashed, supersoft cotton. The adair County resident paint is nontoxic. Visit the Buy Iowa Lois Houghtaling. They're online website (click on "Children") for available in a variety of prints size availability and to place an order. and colors, and the hat $17 Wind Turbine Youth T has adjustable closure for $17 Be Original Youth T a perfect fit. Purchase www.buyiowaonline.com online. $18 mORE OnLInE aT www.buyiowaonline.com www.Iowan.com (click on "Children") Click on Holiday Gift Guide artistic Bravado designer and Isabel Bloom protegée donna Young is the creative force behind Courage to Shine and other angels of Courage sculptures. The five-year series was designed to support the mission of Children & Families of Iowa (CFI). each sculpture is inspired by the courage of domestic violence victims starting anew. over $80,000 from the sale of these sculptures will be donated to the CFI Family Violence Center. Angels of Courage collection $38.50–50.00 each www.ibloom.com 563-336-3766 or 800-273-5436 42 www.Iowan.com


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iCoffee Makes Cover Of Consumer Reports 'Hot List'
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The Remington iCoffee coffeemaker has made the cover of Consumer Reports Hot List 2014, the only housewares product to do so. The upscale coffeemaker, which utilizes a combination of steam and tumbling action to deliver added coffee flavor was among three top rated coffeemaker featured in Consumer Reports Lab tests, along witht the Capresso Coffee a la Carte and the Bunn Trifecta.
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Why do Dominicans Practice Witcraft Voodoo Wicca Spells and the sort?
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#1 Mar 4, 2013
I notice that in Dominican Neighbor hoods there are lots of Voodoo and Witchcraft stores for spells, this Dominican Lady was putting a spell on another woman and she spend around 200 dollars on liquids potions and the sort why do all Dominicans Practice Witcraft.
#3 Mar 14, 2013
because dominicans are from of the land of the voodoo separate with haiti.they are the same people just haitian speak creole and dominicans speak spanish.
they have benin and nigeria,togo blood <west africa place where the voodoo is born>
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#4 Mar 30, 2013
My name is christina im 24 yrs old i have a daughter her father left me for a dominican girl that i believe pratices spells on me and my daughter for the past 5 yrs i got 3 readings in 5 yrs and every time they tell me i need a cleanse however im christian and do not believe in this stuff i dnt kno what to do i can elaborate more but dnt feel like writing send me an email firstname.lastname@example.com
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#5 Mar 30, 2013
If Christ is your Savior and you have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb then you have nothing to worry about. The Bible says that Jesus defeated the works of the devil by dying on the cross and if you have been redeemed then God has angels around you to protect you from Satan's attacks. Just keep praying and keep that girl in prayer because some demons can only go away by prayer and fasting but just know that God has the victory
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
#6 Jul 14, 2013
Are you serious? Dominicans as a whole AREN'T a Wicca culture. Haiti and Dominican believes are VERY different. I won't deny that there are some dominicans that do witchcraft and spells, just like there are so many WHITE AMERICANS who do too. Dominican Republic is NOT the land of the voodoo. They are a hundred percent different from Haitians.
#7 Jul 17, 2013
I m dominican puro born in the island and I have voodoo that right not everybody do but someone yes just like me
#8 Jul 20, 2013
true story cubans, Dominicans, Hatians, Puertoricans, all mess around with voodoo santeria los palos whatever ppl call it yeah they mess with it
#10 Oct 16, 2013
Actually, The Dominican and Haitians are NOT the same people. Dominicans are the people who where originally from the Dominican Republic (santo Domingo) the Haitians came from the Spanish when Columbus came they where slaves and they escaped and raped some of the people there and there were so many that they took the other half of the island and the Dominicans just let them have it. But in reality the Haitians are from Africa.
#11 Oct 16, 2013
Thank you!! Most Dominicans are Catholic
Asni�res, France
#12 Oct 29, 2013
Thank you!! Most Dominicans are Catholic
dominicans are devil worker...ur from the devil island in the caribbean anyway.dominicans practise the 21 divisions,la regla de ocha,el vudun dominican,the santeria and palo.they are human flesh eater becareful and they drink blood..dominican and haitians are the same ppl they live on the same island hispagniola.they raised ppl from death too
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#13 Oct 30, 2013
In reality all mankind is from Africa Africa was the first continent of existence its where humanity started
#15 Nov 3, 2013
yeah i have also work with Dr Gboco his spell is really good and fast in reuslt
Santiago, Dominican Republic
#16 Nov 3, 2013
How ignorant can a person be , the Dominicans are predominantly Christians and Catholics the Haitians are people who believe in raising the dead and all that sort of crap.
So don't confuse the two , it looks like the majority of you have never read .
Santiago, Dominican Republic
#17 Nov 3, 2013
Hey Rachel ,
Get a husband.
I see you have nothing too do but talk crap.
I bet your parents are brothers and sister
The only logical explanation for such a retarded response
Colombes, France
#18 Nov 6, 2013
dominicans are the same and they from the same island anyways.nobody like u anyway in the caribbean because u do witchcraft it s the devil island in the caribbean.don t go there
Santiago, Dominican Republic
#19 Nov 6, 2013
Listen you Haitian_______bag , the only witch craft you see hear is done by your Haitian brothers.
Rachel I bet you ate mud cakes in Haiti while growing up. It explains your retarded answers.
#21 Nov 18, 2013
Haitians aren't the the only ones who are African Dominicans are to !! How half of the osland is gonna be black and the other side no dumb people read a book !! We all are African even if you from bubble fuck we all came from Africa !!!! Read a book then go back to school !!!!
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#22 Nov 21, 2013
Who is this idiot saying we're all African .
Tell me did you get past first grade or are you just retarded
#23 Dec 2, 2013
We are all people we should not be defined by our religion or our skin color but by our character. It shouldn't matter what someone believes who are you to tell them its wrong or right!! I don't believe in anything but I believe in everything at the same time. I believe in god I believe in magic. I believe in karma and the law of attraction. How can someone turn water into wine if you ask me its magiclol but I love everyone for who they are
Dominican Republic
#24 Dec 2, 2013
I understand your universal outlook too life . Let's all love each other and call it a day ,
But remember, peace is a beautiful word but it is only that ,a word ,if not applied too respect, I believe that every person of every nation must respect and be respected .
The Dominican have won there independence by spilling there blood over many battles against the Haitian .,
Today we have no ill feelings against our Haitian brothers we just have respect the same respect we demand as a nation let no-one be mistaken the blood our founding fathers gave will not pass in vain..
This is too answer the NGO "s and certain super power that wish too resolve the Haitian problem by throwing it on the Dominicans shoulders .. With the hopes of fusing both countries .
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Trajectory and determinants of the quality of life of family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan
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Family caregiving is common and important in Taiwanese culture. However, the combination of anticipated loss, prolonged psychological distress, and the physical demands of caregiving can seriously compromise the quality of life (QOL) of a family caregiver (FC). The effect of caring for a dying cancer patient on a FC's QOL has been explored in western countries—primarily with small sample sizes or short-term follow-ups—but has not yet been investigated in Taiwan. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to: (1) identify the trajectory of the QOL of FCs of terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan; and (2) investigate the determinants of the QOL of FCs, in a large sample and with longer follow-ups, until the patient dies.
A prospective, longitudinal study was conducted among 167 FCs. Trajectory and determinants of FCs' QOL were identified by a generalized estimation equation (GEE).
Caregiving for a terminally ill cancer patient extracts a toll from a FC's QOL and causes it to deteriorate significantly over time. The results from the multivariate GEE analysis indicated that this deterioration of a FC's QOL reflects the patient's increasing distress from symptoms, the gradual loss of confidence in caregiving and an increased subjective caregiving burden on the FC as the patient's death approaches, and a weaker psychological resource (i.e., sense of coherence) of the FC.
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- 2. Nursing Department, Kaohsiung Chung Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
- 3. Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei College of Nursing, 89, Neichiang St., Taipei, 108, Taiwan, Republic of China
- 4. College of Medicine, School of Nursing, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China


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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Differentby Gordon Wood
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The latest from award-winning scholar and historian Gordon S. Wood, author of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.
Even when the greatness of the founding fathers isn't being debunked, it is a quality that feels very far away from us indeed: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Co. seem as distant as marble faces carved high into a mountainside. We may marvel at the fact that fate placed such a talented cohort of political leaders in that one place, the east coast of North America, in colonies between Virginia and Massachusetts, and during that one fateful period, but that doesn't really help us explain it or teach us the proper lessons to draw from it. What did make the founders different? Now, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that shows us, among many other things, just how much character did matter.
Revolutionary Characters offers a series of brilliantly illuminating studies of the men who came to be known as the founding fathers. Each life is considered in the round, but the thread that binds the work together and gives it the cumulative power of a revelation is this idea of character as a lived reality for these men. For these were men, Gordon Wood shows, who took the matter of character very, very seriously. They were the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made, men who understood the arc of lives, as of nations, as being one of moral progress. They saw themselves as comprising the world's first true meritocracy, a natural aristocracy as opposed to the decadent Old World aristocracy of inherited wealth and station.
Gordon Wood's wondrous accomplishment here is to bring these men and their times down to earth and within our reach, showing us just who they were and what drove them. In so doing, he shows us that although a lot has changed in two hundred years, to an amazing degree the virtues these founders defined for themselves are the virtues we aspire to still.
"Bancroft and Pulitzer Prize — winner Wood suggests that behind America's current romance with the founding fathers is a critique of our own leaders, a desire for such capable and disinterested leadership as was offered by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Provocatively, Wood argues that the very egalitarian democracy Washington and Co. created all but guarantees that we will 'never again replicate the extraordinary generation of the founders.' In 10 essays, most culled from the New York Review of Books and the New Republic, Wood offers miniature portraits of James Madison, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine. The most stimulating chapter is devoted to John Adams, who died thinking he would never get his due in historians' accounts of the Revolution; for the most part, he was right. This piece is an important corrective; Adams, says Wood, was not only pessimistic about the greed and scrambling he saw in his fellow Americans, he was downright prophetic — and his countrymen, then and now, have never wanted to reckon with his critiques. Wood is an elegant writer who has devoted decades to the men about whom he is writing, and taken together, these pieces add perspective to the founding fathers cottage industry." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Benjamin Franklin — the subject of one of the essays in this stimulating new collection — once said that 'Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.' Most historians would agree with that gently cynical proposition, though they would wish to add a proviso that interpretations of the past should always rest on evidence — on what was 'done,' as Franklin said. Among... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) historians in universities these days, essays often tilt toward sheer interpretation, leaving the substance of the past scanted. Gordon S. Wood's book bucks that trend, offering a good deal of empirical evidence — what was 'done' — in these absorbing essays from one of our leading scholars of the American Revolution. Eight of the 10 chapters of 'Revolutionary Characters' are biographical, featuring Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, John Adams, Thomas Paine and Aaron Burr. The founders are often considered as a group, as indeed they are here, and widely admired as being 'different' (the key word in Wood's subtitle) from our current leaders in their commitment to enlightened principles. Looking at the founders together, it is hard not to conclude that though they deserve our admiration, they may not have constituted the group we have imagined. Certainly, they acted at times as if they had nothing in common. Washington was a mystery to most of his colleagues. His reserve kept them at arms' length and denied them access to what he really thought. Still, they all respected, even revered, him — most of the time, that is. Almost none felt reverence, or even respect, for the others of their number. Adams despised Franklin, branding him with such epithets as the 'old deceiver' and the 'old conjuror.' Franklin once dismissed Adams as one who 'means well for his Country, is always an honest Man, often a Wise One, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.' Adams also went through a period, lasting some 11 years, of such dislike of Jefferson that he broke off all relations with him. For his part, Jefferson could not abide Hamilton when the two served together in Washington's administration, considering America's first treasury secretary a monarchist awaiting the opportunity to undermine the republic. Confronted by opposition to his fiscal policies by Jefferson and Madison, Hamilton came to believe that they were innocent of knowledge of how an economy worked and attributed to Jefferson an unhealthy absorption in the fanaticism of the French Revolution. As for Thomas Paine, who initially earned the regard of several of the founders (excluding John Adams, who thought him a crank), he squandered that goodwill by untoward attacks, including one on Washington. And then there is Burr, who, after drawing the ill favor of such colleagues as Jefferson and Adams, killed Hamilton in a duel in 1804. Wood, a Brown University historian who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 'The Radicalism of the American Revolution' (1992), does not dwell on these animosities, but he does not ignore them, either. His major emphasis in almost all of the essays is on what these men thought and did. He establishes their intellectual agreement in the first essay, 'The Founders and the Enlightenment.' Though the founders differed in how they understood enlightened values, they agreed on the essentials, especially as they concerned republicanism and virtue. Virtue and honor, they all believed, required serving the nation first, even if doing so sacrificed their own interests. Almost all of the founders defined social distinction in terms of merit — intellectual ability, a sense of responsibility and honorable behavior. This was a clear break from an older sense that what counted in forming an aristocratic elite was birth, family, education and wealth. All the founders retained a regard for the older conceptions of these standards, which had been instilled in them by their own experiences and by tradition. But on serious reflection, they came to follow different, more modern guides to enlightened leadership in a republic. Washington himself was not so given to the new thought; he valued classical virtue, with its injunctions to maintain one's honor above all else while serving the public interest. But Washington, too, altered his beliefs — though not his standards — about the meaning of liberty over the years, a shift most apparent in his determination to see his slaves freed after his death. All of the essays in this volume are of a high intellectual order. The most interesting may be 'Is There a `James Madison Problem'?' — in which the question is whether Madison transformed himself from a nationalist in the 1780s, eager to create an active, energetic government with broad powers, into a 'strict constructionist' in the 1790s. (Strict construction of the Constitution held that Hamilton's proposal for chartering a national bank exceeded the congressional powers that Federalists found in Article I, Section 8.) In this alteration, Madison thought he faced a Hamilton bent on creating something close to a constitutional monarchy. Wood's persuasive conclusion, after an intricate analysis of Madison's conduct and thought, is that no such transformation took place. Madison, so important in shaping the Constitution, held to his principles throughout his long career. At several points in this volume, most notably the essays on Washington and the epilogue, Wood argues that the founders contributed unwittingly to a democratic and egalitarian society that they never wanted. This is another point in favor of the history Wood provides in this splendid collection: He relates what he would have us believe, explains much of what was done and leaves us with an ironical appreciation of the founders' achievement. Robert Middlekauff is Preston Hotchkis Professor of History emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of 'The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789.'" Reviewed by Robert Middlekauff, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
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"This volume is at its most powerful when Mr. Wood uses his enormous knowledge of the era to situate his subjects within a historical and political context, stripping away accretions of myths and commentary." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"Bracing, clear-eyed perspectives on why we are unlikely to see such a politically creative period again." Kirkus Reviews
"Wood is at his best when writing about George Washington and Aaron Burr, noting with regard to the former that his character was perfectly suited to his time....[A] very readable book." Library Journal
"Easily one of the top historians of the American Revolution in current practice, Wood gathers here his previously published articles about the Founding Fathers." Booklist
In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, ?What made these men great???and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each?Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine?is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made?men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.
About the Author
Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor at Brown University. His 1970 book, The Creation of the American Republic 17761787, received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes and was nominated for the National Book Award. His 1993 book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, won the Pulitzer Prize. Professor Wood's work has also been recognized by the American Historical Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He contributes regularly to The New Republic and The New York Review of Books.
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Song Of The Flower
I am a kind word uttered and repeated
By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements
With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.
At dawn I unite with the breeze
To announce the coming of light;
At eventide I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.
By Khalil Gibran, � 1913, All rights reserved.
March 24th, 2013
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Cambridge, ON - Canada
Beautiful delightful still life painting, Catherine! L/F
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Fort Bragg, CA - United States
Beautiful still life!
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Merritt Island, Fl - United States
Beautiful subject...beautiful painting...beautiful words, Catherine. f/v
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St. Johns, NL - Canada
Beautiful painting Catherine!
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Orangeville, ON - Canada
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Dubai, D - United Arab Emirates
Lovely painting,Catherine !!!!! (f/v)
Berlin - Germany
Very nice work!!! Voted
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Linden, PA - United States
Beautiful colors. Great work! v!
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Bolton, ON - Canada
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Halifax, NS - Canada
Very nice work!! VOTED
Van Vleck, TX - United States
Beautiful painting. f/v
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Del Rio, TX - United States
Lovely. Voted!
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Faulconbridge, Ne - Australia
Just had to drop by Catherine to comments in this very beautiful piece of Art! Fav for me -:) MN
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Chicago, IL - United States
Lovely work! came back to fav again :)
Always happy to see you, Anne~~~ did I mention that I am keeping you? :)
Pune - India
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Boise, ID - United States
voted .f Beautiful
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Daytona Beach, FL - United States
Lovely painting!! v
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Fort Worth, TX - United States
very nice! v
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Fullerton California, ca - United States
Wow ...Beautiful color and texture...v/
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Denver, CO - United States
Would love to see these flowers in close-up, too!
Thank you Beverley! :)
San Francisco, CA - United States
Very nice flowers in a pot!v
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Sparks, NV - United States
This is a lovely painting and pic. . . really like it . . .you got my vote!
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Chicago, IL - United States
Such a lovely work Catherine! Beautiful colors and composition! v/f!
Lyon - France
Wonderful work, Catherine, so delicately painted.... love it! :) f&v
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Timbuktu - United States
Congratulations for being featured in Painterly Fine Art group! You are invited to post this painting in our featured gallery for this month also found in the discussions.
Thank you so much, Tali, for the feature in that incredible group of artists.. Painterly Fine Art!
Bolton, ON - Canada
Thank you Nadine and Bob for the feature in All Natural Beauty of this World... always an honour!
Bucharest, Ro - Romania
Such a charming floral painting, Catherine. Love your use of colors. f,v
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Long Beach, CA - United States
Very beautiful, Catherine! f/v
Hi Heidi.... thanks for visiting, commenting and the f/v! I really appreciate it.
Saint George, UT - United States
Catherine, this is wonderful!!!! Wow I love it!!! And I really like the poem as well. Those flowers have just come alive!
Wow Kathy... thank you so much!
Crisfield, MD - United States
Solo pretty, Cathetine! I like how you have varied the colors in the tablecloth.
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Potomac, MD - United States
very beautiful ... love the title :) v
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Hamilton, ON - Canada
Very nice. Love the soft dreamy colours! v
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Anaheim, CA - United States
Stunning work Catherine! You are such an amazing talent! v/f
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Merritt Island, Fl - United States
A very pretty painting. I love the lush colors. The song in your description accompanies this work of art very nicely. f/v
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Kenosha, wi - United States
So very beautiful, love the comp. and the colors just pop off the page!!! v.f.g+.
So glad you like this one, Kay... thank you also for your exceptional support! I truly appreciate it.
Gettysburg, PA - United States
Gorgeous painting, love the palette, subject and texture! Congrats on the recent feature! FV
Thank you so much, Angela, for your wonderful comments and support! :)
Bolton, ON - Canada
Thank you so much, Gynt, for the feature in Beautiful Flowers!
Timbuktu - United States
Such a sweet still life! beautiful choice of colors!!
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