Do you want to know what planning, patience, and perspiration looks like 40 years later? Walk through the Monument to Women Memorial Garden in Historic Nauvoo and you will see the fruits of four decades of tender care. As you stroll through what is affectionately known as the “Women’s Garden,” it is hard to imagine…
Have you ever experienced fall in Nauvoo? It is quite beautiful. Actually, sometimes it is quite stunning. You know the kind of stunning I mean…..stop, mouth drops open and any words you might utter like “wow” or “beautiful” don’t match what you are seeing? This photo captured what words can’t describe. Tom saw the fog…
Summer. Oh how I love summer……warm days and nights, sunshine, green growth from under my feet to over my head interspersed with bright pops of pink, red, yellow, orange, and purple blossoms in all shapes and sizes. It comes and goes so quickly! But, thanks to modern technology, we can enjoy summer moments captured in…
Yep. I think this qualifies for a one-photo post. As I was heading to my seat to shoot the British Pageant I ran into Alex DeBirk, who along with his wife Melinda, play Joseph and Emma Smith in the Nauvoo Pageant. I love this photo. Not because I took it but because of who is…
It’s that time again. It’s Pageant time in Nauvoo! Residents here begin watching in early June as the pageant grounds are prepped, stage floor is cleaned and repaired, barricades are removed, concession stand is put in place, lights are hoisted, chairs set in rows before the stage, and the sound engineer tent goes up……then they…
It’s called “the golden hour.” You know, that first hour directly after sunrise……when the world is awakening for a new day. The time when the birds begin singing and most people are dragging, trying to get out of bed. That golden hour guarantees you one thing. Beautiful light. Like the light you see in this…
A demonstration. That’s the only way to see a prairie grass fire. During my childhood, I read books like Caddie Woodlawn that mentioned prairie grass fires. (I really didn’t even know what a field of prairie grass looked like, until I moved to Nauvoo.) In Historic Nauvoo there’s a quarter-acre section of prairie grass that…
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for capturing the moment! Thanks for sharing! Breath taking!