Author Archives: detnyre

Greetings from a warm and sunny afternoon in West Des Moines, IA. Some rain and thunderstorms is expected to roll in the next few hours.  Latest forecast shows the most severe storms will be south of us – along the … Continue reading →

Happy Mother’s Day! Thought that was a cute card.  My mom has three sons so it seemed somewhat appropriate… Gave Mom a call this evening and she was happy with the flowers I ordered from Country Orchids in Fulton, IL. … Continue reading →

Greetings from a wet evening in Iowa… The weather has been quite unsettled here the past two weeks.  Last week we had to deal with snow and near-freezing temperatures for three days.  The temps hovered around 34 – so brought … Continue reading →

Greetings from a bright and sunny West Des Moines IA! After dealing with two weeks of rain and cold temperatures, we had a really nice weekend.  Temps were in the upper 70′s with a nice cooling breeze.  On Saturday morning … Continue reading →

Greetings from a humid evening in Iowa. The temps got into the mid-70′s today, and it is still 70 out at 8:00pm.  We are expecting thunderstorms and rain later this evening.  Hope we don’t get any bad storms, but we … Continue reading →

Greetings from a nice spring day in West Des Moines! We finally have some nice weather with temps in the mid-60′s most of the day and sunny.  Was able to have some windows cracked open in the apartment to let … Continue reading →

Happy Easter! Spent the weekend at my parents farm in Illinois.  John was not feeling social – so he stayed home.  Rented a white Toyota Camry at Enterprise – was surprised it only cost me $49.00 + fuel for the … Continue reading →

Have been enjoying listening to the ham radio on my desk while working/programming.  Learning lots of new and exciting things. Here’s some of the nifty things I discovered by listening to other hams yesterday: You don’t need a gun to … Continue reading →

Greetings from a nice winter evening in Des Moines, IA… Tonight I went downtown for the “End of the Season” ice skating party.  Was fun to skate one last time with the “ice skating buddies” I took lessons with.  They … Continue reading →

It snowed.   Wednesday evening I went to see “Queens on Ice” at Brenton Plaza.  It was a benefit for Capital City Pride – the organization that puts on the local Pride Fest.  The show comprised mainly of drag queens … Continue reading →