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Hwy 1 Scenes On My Drive Home

10/15/2016

 
Tuesday this week 
Was a most glorious, perfect weather day in Iowa.
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​Most
every day requires a trip into Iowa City on Hwy 1. Some days I'm getting titles, sometimes a part, maybe making a deposit, 
​or more than likely, buying butter.  
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Whyyyy am I always running out of butter, milk and brown sugar???
And ketchup. Do you tip ketchup bottles upside down, like me, to get those last 3 Tbsps out because you're too cheap just to buy another bottle? 

Anyway, I took pictures of all the stuff I love to look at every single ding dong day, driving back from Iowa City. 


Each day I admire this intriguing,
Welsh Church sign,
at the Sharon Center Rd turnoff.
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After 15 years of driving by this sign,
I decided to investigate.
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​The church is barely a mile down the road.

​I passed this cool entry to someone's long driveway on the way there.
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​A
nother driveway had these
 cool textural pieces. 
L-o-v-e.
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​I
came upon the Welsh Church quickly.

Breathtaking.
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Look

​at the
cool
​old fence!





T
he sky was a gorgeous blue this week.
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And how about that metal railing
and cement wall out front?
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East side of the church.
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The church bell looks like it's been there a long time and was quite functional.
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Those windows!
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The back parking lot.
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So beautiful and peaceful.
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The rectory.

In perfect four square style.
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As I was leaving, there is a house across the road,
​but it's hidden.
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You can see an old windmill peeking above the trees.
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And a gorgeous silo nestled among the setting.
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Driving back to Hwy 1,
​I've always loved this house's setting.
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I like how this utility area becomes a pretty fall backdrop.
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So we continue to move along...
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There is a prairie on Hwy 1 that is just stunning...
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This time I stopped and took pictures.
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The textures and colors and long view scenery
​are amazing.
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Hello, pretty yellow native flowers!
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O
kay, now we come to "the flats" of Hwy 1.
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Am
always intrigued by the slow-moving progress
of this house.
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nd then we come to this piece of scenery that I am riveted to every day.
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This field and this fence.
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This barn!
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​T
he next place down the road is hidden
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(I love the house that you can't see!) but there's  a New Holland combine sitting out in the field today.
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​A
nd this is one of the most picturesque places
​in all of Johnson County!  Right here on Hwy 1!
​The views from this place are spectacular, just spectacular.
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It's part of the Rug Cottage and Barntiques Antique Mall. One thousand percent gorgeous!
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Across
the road from Rug Cottage, these folks always have fun seasonal decorations
​adorning their gazebo.
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They
have several cute settings, in fact. 
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Now how ca-ute is this!!! Those bearsies!
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A mile down the road, I always see this sign in the fall...
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I've gotten pumpkins at Kyle's Pumpkins before but today I am taken by this scene up on a hillside to the east.
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As I move south on Hwy 1,
I admire this cottage style, mint green house.
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And this GORGEOUS red door...also look at that cute fall scene on the front porch!
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​T
his house has the absolute cutest
Christmas lights 
up every year.

These are customer friends of ours, and they know I covet their house so bad!
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​M
y last star gazing spot on Hwy 1 before Frytown is Sister's Garden.
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Oh my gosh, I love this place so much!
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Cute, cute, cute! Some day when I have time, I will share all the pics I have taken of Sister's Seasonal Open Houses!
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Okay, so after I got back to the shop,
I shared with Tim that the day was such a perfect,
beautiful Iowa fall day,

and that I had the best time taking pics of all the wonderful things
on my drive home.




And then my final fall picture became this one...

Tim at the shop.


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All we're missing is just a pumpkin or mum...or pumpkin muffins!!



Well, that's all I have for today, friends!!
Thanks for checking in!
Will be posting again soon!
Have a beautiful weekend, weather should be pretty close to perfect!!
Talk to y'all soon!!

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Paula
10/15/2016 09:20:21 am

GORGEOUS! You've inspired me to drive around and take pictures on this beautiful day ... I hope I can do that!

Theresa
10/15/2016 06:48:25 pm

Oh Angie! Thanks for the georgeous pictures! I loved the one you took of the fence and the cross behind it, how cool was that picture!!

Laurie Jean
10/17/2016 12:19:51 pm

What a fabulous pictorial journey!! Now I want to see the inside of that white barn!!! Sister's looks like my type of place! Thanks for sharing!


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