 What’s the deal with the black & white saddle shoes?  Click here for the story of our farm in Greene County, Iowa. Here's looking at life at Simple Serenity Farm  Carla’s sister & brother-in-law Chris and Tony Woods, of Des Moines, were at the farm on Sunday, August 22, helping Carla do the lawn mowing and other yard work that we’ve struggled to keep up with lately, with all our medical appointments. The Woodses brought along their 18-month-old granddaughter Ari, who was a delight watching all the action from the porch with Chuck, catching up on her reading and then getting a moment on the lawn tractor seat! Click here for larger format Earlier photos in this series Iowa Hall of Pride netINS, Inc. Butler House on Grand B&B Sam's Barber Shop Douglas T. Bates III, Attorney KMA Radio's ''Chuck & Don Show'' Barack Obama story & coloring book The Monks of New Melleray Abbey RELATED LINKS About Offenburger.com Biographies Want to Reprint? Want Updates? ARCHIVES Chuck Offenburger's columns Christie Vilsack's columns Carla Offenburger's columns Carla's book reviews Jared Strong's columns Guest Columns The Simple Serenity Farm columns Farm Photos, 2006 - 2008 Our Iowa News Digest Along Our Way 
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"Poggensee's Postcards"
Shows us some “folk art” he’s seen recently in four towns If you look close, as photographer Don Poggensee is always doing in his travels around Iowa, you can often spot pieces of “folk art” that someone has decided to display. Sometimes you’re not quite sure whether the pieces are really art, or whether they’re just proof that someone’s got too much time on his hands. But we’re glad Iowans continue to make and share such pieces. They always at least give us a grin!
The gorgeous photographic views of Iowa and its people which are appearing as "Poggensee's Postcards" on this Internet site are the work of photographer Don Poggensee of Ida Grove in northwest Iowa. Poggensee has been studying and working in both photography and aviation for nearly 40 years. His favorite places to shoot include Alaska, the Arctic and Prince Edward Island, but Iowa has provided him with his most frequent scenes and subjects. He estimates he has over 200,000 shots of Iowa in his photographic library. He was corporate pilot for 30 years for Gomaco, the Ida Grove company that manufactures road-building equipment used around the world as well as classic trolley cars. He is retired from corporate flying and now manages a digital photo lab for Gomaco. He's also involved in a framing and matting studio, as well as a stock photo business called Wind Rider Images. His photos have been published in over 60 magazines, in about 20 books and on many calendars, greeting cards and posters. He also writes an occasional guest column here on this Internet site. In early December 2009, a display of 150 of Poggensee's best photos opened at the Iowa Hall of Pride in Des Moines. To read more about that display, click here. You can e-mail him at donpog@netllc.net
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