Here we go........

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

Some scenes of Iowa Christmas

Some lovely scenes from the Tannenbaum Forest in the Amana Colonies. http://www.amanacolonies.com/

An annual festival, dozens of decorated live Christmas trees fill the 100 year old Festhalle Barn. There is also all the usual shopping, food, and German craftmanship, it was so pretty to see everything decorated for the holidays and a lovely fresh coat of snow.

We went last weekend...even saw Santa ;)