As you know, big productions don’t just happen overnight…..and when you come to Nauvoo for Pageant, preparation has been underway for months. Since we live here and get to experience all that “is” Nauvoo, we thought you might like to see a little of life-in-Nauvoo-before-Pageant. Pageant Grounds Improvements See the light towers and stage? Black…
Nauvoo in winter is a bit quiet outdoors…..but when springtime arrives, everything changes in an instant! Here are a few of our favorite activities as Nauvoo comes alive after a cold winter season. No. 1 – Prairie Fire Demonstration Every year in late March or early April, the community gathers to watch a 1-acre section…
What is the reward of enduring the cold, frosty days of a Nauvoo winter? Spring…..with it’s unending variety of blossoms found on the trees, ground covers, and first flowers of the season—and none are more beautiful than the tulips on the Nauvoo Temple grounds. Having helped plant each of the 30K tulips during fall, I…
Remember stitching on paper when you were a kid? I do and the kid in me has surfaced, getting very busy creating and very excited about a new item for our online store.…..Stitched Nauvoo Artwork Greeting Cards. We continue to receive requests for note cards and greeting cards so I decided to fill those requests….
If you haven’t experienced a Nauvoo spring, you are missing something special. Weather is totally unpredictable—warm one day, cold the next. Maybe even the threat of snow at times, and yes, the wind is always blowing. My favorite things about a Nauvoo spring? Trees covered with blossoms. Tiny bright green leaves. Tulips…..thousands of them. Green…
Saturday as we were enjoying a late afternoon walk in the Nauvoo Flats, we noticed a carriage being drawn by our two favorite horses here in Nauvoo. Normally you don’t see the carriages. Instead you might encounter a wagon full of folks from all over the world with two of our beloved Teamster Missionaries at…
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…
Hi! I know this is crazy, but do you happen to know if he offers private carriage rides for a fee? I’m planning to get married at the Nauvoo Temple in May and think it would be fun to have a carriage ride as we leave the temple. Would you possibly pass my contact information on to him just in case? I’ve found one other company, but I didn’t really like the style of carriage that they had.
Grae Morgan
Hello Grae,
Congrats on your upcoming wedding in Nauvoo! We do provide a list of local vendors to our wedding photography clients. Please contact us at 217-453-2797 for more information.