Arts & Culture

Art, sculpture, theater, plays, dance, museums, music

A Virtual Tractor Show!

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Okay, a lot of events have been cancelled lately including tractor shows! Since we can’t travel to them, lets have a virtual tractor show! My husband Keith and I thought we’d share some of our favorites from shows we have attended. Something Old Just like a wedding, lets start with something old! This beautiful Pioneer […]

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Fayetteville NC Out of the Box!

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Fayetteville NC was an out of the box experience! I left last Monday for fun and frolic in Fayettville N.C. When I left for this hosted road trip things were pretty good. While it may be a bit before you head out to this wonderful city, read about all the wonderful things that are waiting […]

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Orchid Beauty

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Quarantining at home? I thought a little orchid beauty might be in order. A couple weeks ago I visited the still open annual Orchid show! The show is located at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Regenstein Center. The show began on February 10th and was scheduled to go through March 25th. Like many other events, closed […]

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Stops on the American Queen!

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Not only is floating on the American Queen Steamboat exciting, but so are the amazing stops! Recently, I took the Southern Sampler trip up and down the Mississippi River in exchange for covering this amazing journey for Senior News & Times of Illinois! Starting in New Orleans, we stopped in St. Francisville and Baton Rouge, […]

American Queen Steamboat

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Our trip was the first to celebrate the American Queen’s 25th anniversary.  We took this wonderful 9-day round trip that started and ended in New Orleans. The trip was in exchange for covering this for amazing journey for Senior News & Times of Illinois. The American Queen is the largest steamboat ever built. She was […]