The American Red Cross is already running out of money, and needs donations badly. For our area along the Cedar and Iowa rivers in Iowa, the Grant Wood Area Red Cross website is very helpful. Donations can also be made at the National Red Cross website.
It’s ironic that the Federal Aid had to be attached to the bill to send more money to Iraq… You’d think it would be more important to save lives and property at home than to support a, um, WAR.
…and you can bet who got the bulk of the money….
….it wasn’t the people with homes under water.
What a mess….
We ourselves didn’t get flooded as the Iowa River to the East and the Cedar River to the West both overflowed their banks by several feet. We did get cut off from the Quad Cities, where Marty has started up the New Gallery Framing shop with Dee, and from Muscatine to the South. We were still able to get to Iowa city and out on Interstate 80 going west.
Some pics that the national news might not show:
I’ve also put together a video with more pics, and explanations of their location that are of better quality than on youtube. Right click on the link and download the video file, then double click and let your media player play it. Iowa Flood around the Kisers
For more information on the situation at the University of Iowa, they have a link to information– lots of photos.
When I have time, I’ll add a video here that will play automatically.
Or some more. We finally opened up the Gallery Shoppe on this site today. Worked up some new images — wow, do they look nice! Marty is getting so good at good quality frames, he is ready to add them to orders.
Next, we’ll add some new pottery to the shopping cart. The functional stoneware, votive holders, and bowls. Dauna does love making those beautiful bowls…
That glaze is wild — and works out every single time. Gotta get those bowls on up here!
Time for another Raku, too. Marty has sold nearly all of it. Problem is, it has been so darned cold…
One more month, then we’ll start cranking it out again.
Well, sort of. The website is coming together at about the same pace as the attic did. Fortunately, the attic is usable now, so the website should be up and running in another couple of weeks. Color changes, picture additions, descriptions, descriptions, descriptions.
But, people can actually see some new work, and even buy something. Wow.
The aromatic art will take more time to add, as that requires getting back into creating and distributing the aromas. But no worries, that will happen when it is time.
