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Oak Leaves

https://www.beyondagencyprofits.com/go-high-level/ All the world looks like it’s coated with a glaze. I wonder when the oaks will finally give up and drop last year’s leaves.

go site Soon it will be time to replace the browns in the landscape with greens. I did see quite a bit of the Irish green yesterday, it being St. Paddy’s Day, but that isn’t the green I’m waiting for.

Roseman Covered Bridge

fifth in series of Bridges of Madison County

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https://www.jacobysaustin.com/events/ Roseman Bridge  was built by Benton Jones across the Middle River several miles southwest of Winterset, Iowa. It remains in its original setting.  It is 107 feet in length. The Roseman Bridge was renovated in 1992 at a cost of $152,515. It was chosen as one of the main settings for the movie The Bridges of Madison County in 1994, but since it had recently been renovated the bridge looked too spiffed up. The movie company sent a crew to “age” the covered bridge for the movie, and according to contract, they “un-aged” it after the movie was completed.

Buy Klonopin Online Overnight The Roseman is the bridge most people associate with the book and movie. This is the bridge Robert Kincaid searches for when he stops at Francesca Johnson’s farmhouse for directions. It is also where Francesca leaves her note inviting Kincaid to dinner.

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Buy Online Soma Every autumn the citizens of Madison County hold the Covered Bridge Festival. It has become a tradition for over 30 years. Each year on the second full weekend in October, county residents gather in autumn to celebrate the historic covered bridges. The festival features old-time craft demonstrations by local artisans, a wide variety of food, music and entertainment, an antique vehicle parade, tours of the bridges. Check out the festival plans for October 8 and 9, 2009.

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday, Dear Daughter

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Tramadol For Sale Online The Happy Birthday Fairy is here to help me wish a Happy Birthday to my daughter, Jeanne. On a March 16 twenty-some years ago, at 10:31 in the morning, Jeanne made her appearance into this world.

Her father, half Irish, was a bit upset as he was hoping for a St. Patrick’s Day baby. He did ask if I could hold up the birth for a few more hours. The baby was already 9 days late. I briefly considered his request, then. . .

. . . I told him “#@*#*”.

O’Really?

Yes!

So, Happy Birthday, Jeanne.  Hope you have a wonderful day, even if it is a Monday and the day before St. Patrick’s Day!

Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge

Covered Bridges have Great Shadows

Covered Bridges have Great Shadows

The Cutler-Donahoe Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa to have two names. The bridges were usually named after the family that lived the closest, but both the Cutlers and the Donahoes demanded naming rights. Guess they didn’t have bidding wars back then.

fourth in the series of The Bridges of Madison County

fourth in the series of The Bridges of Madison County

This bridge was built in 1870 by Eli Cox. It is 79 feet in length. It was originally located over the North River near Bevington. It was moved to its present site in Winterset’s City Park in 1970 for preservation.

Another Madison Country Bridge–The Hogback

third in the series of Bridges from Madison County

third in the series of Bridges from Madison County

Another covered bridge from Madison County. Now that I have dug into my archives from last October, I am determined to get this series of bridges posted, and then I can cross this off my photo to-do list.

This bridge was built in 1884 by Benton Jones. (Benton appears to have done most of the bridge building in the county.) It runs 97 feet long across the North River.

The people who named the creeks and rivers in this central Iowa region had a utilitarian approach to their job. A few of the many water ways near Winterset are known as Middle River, South River, North River . . . you get the general idea.

Why name a bridge Hogback?

Why name a bridge Hogback?

They were a little more inventive when it came to naming the actual bridges. Though most of the county’s covered bridges were named after the bridge’s closest neighbor (or neighbors if there was a bit of an disagreement), Hogback got its name from the limestone ridge which forms the west end of this valley.

Lovely Autumn Day for a Drive

Lovely Autumn Day for the Last Leg of a Long Drive

I took these photographs on the last day of a 16 day road trip from Wisconsin to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and back. By the time we hit Iowa we were getting close to home, but I couldn’t miss the opportunity to check out these bridges. They are all only a short drive from either Interstate 80 which cuts east-west through Iowa, or Interstate 35 which bisects the state with its north-south route.

A map provided by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce shows all the locations of the bridges and other locations from the movie The Bridges of Madison County, plus the birthplace home of John Wayne.

Ha! Bet you didn’t know John Wayne had to share Winterset’s limelight with all the covered bridges in the area. I didn’t take a photo of his home. I think the bridges had more appeal, and I was running out of time and energy.