Soldier, Iowa, Victorian Underware and duotone images, and baby kittens!!

Soldier, Iowa has a very lovely old church out in the country! We took wedding images out there this weekend and they were lovely. The couple were great to work with and this candid shot shows the great day shared by all!

Jim Jung opened his restored and decorated Victorian home in Sioux City to the public this Sunday as a fund raiser for Terrace Hill Society to support the Victorian home’s restoration in Des Moines. He asked me if I wished to help and I did! Jim asked that I dress in Victorian era clothes so I went to Dowry Costumes. As I was driving over, I was thinking it was going to be a warm Sunday and dreading the thought of being draped in long skirts and heavy dress in this warm weather when it dawned on me-I could wear the under garments of the era! I did and it was a hoot! I found out as I arrived that Jim had decided against wearing period clothing. It was funny and I did stay cool! Jim had a great turn out and I visited with many interesting, intelligent individuals and enjoyed participating. This is a photograph Eric took of me and Duke. I then turned it to duotone and did some artwork to make it look antique. What do you think?

This morning we awoke to the sound of kittens. Karma has had six so far and it looks like there could be more. She is having them in our closet. All seem to be doing well. I am going to leave her alone until she is done delivering, then I will check on the babies but she was purring through it all. Amazing!