Prairie Love, Cont'd: Historic Park Inn and National City Bank

Located in Mason City, Iowa.  Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  Completed in 1910.  Reopened after extensive restoration in 2011.

Crab Apple Blooms and Lavender Lilacs

It's springing in South Minneapolis.  We catch wafts of honey sweetness, and the soft petals are starting to linger on the sidewalks like confetti does after a celebration.  It is indeed the best celebration.

Afton State Park: Early Prairie Spring

In the middle of nowhere.

We stayed in Dodge City, Kansas, at this hotel our first night:

 Gideon's Bible was opened to Psalms with the t.v. remote as bookmark:

This was the wolf polar-fleece blanket on the bed:

Rural New Mexico:

Moab, Utah: Canyonlands and Arches National Parks (some of my favorite places)

Canyonlands:

Arches National Park:

SANTA FE, with a little bit of Albuquerque, Cerillos, Canoncito

Albuquerque:

Canoncito:

Cerillos: