Des Moines, Iowa

I am always proud when I hear good rankings of Des Moines in Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post and other news sources I read about through Twitter or on the best news source *rolling eyes… Facebook. I was born in Des Moines and made my home in Iowa’s Capitol city until I was 23 when I moved to my husbands home town 30 miles east on I80.

I am always irritated when I hear people talking about driving through Iowa being similar to driving through Kansas and Nebraska…nothing to look at…cornfield after cornfield….yes it is true…the corn state does produce a lot of corn in corn fields. But, how could you possibly negatively compare the lush, green rolling hills of Iowa to the desolate brown, flat interstate highways of Nebraska, Kansas and for that matter eastern Colorado?

I really love going home to Des Moines after living in the hustle and bustle of the Kansas City area. I get a warm, nostalgic feeling when I hit the down town area when traveling thru on I235. My daughter and her husband live in a loft downtown Des Moines and when I visit, I always think…I could live this life…. The downtown area is alive, revitalized, friendly, safe and with a mixture of old architecture and new construction. Other than the occasional over the top frigid winters and occasional over the top winter snowfall, I could be very happy in Des Moines again. I snapped a few pics while on my estrogen tour of Des Moines…they aren’t the best pictures but they are mine. I wanted to get them in my blog (diary) to remind me of the peace of my former home.

I like to think the blue on the building on the right was to celebrate the Kansas City Royals….and maybe it was…the colors change depending on the holiday.