Author: Melissa Reading, California

the hosts

John Kautz, owner of Ironstone, and the man who initiated the idea of this convention, with Bob Spotts and Nancy Tacket, outside the Heritage Room where the show will be held. Melissa

on schedule to bloom for us

In this photo Nancy Tackett, Bob Spotts, and Larry Ringland admire the vast array of half wine-barrels that Larry has prepared for decoration of the Ironstone premises during the convention. There are hundreds of these bulb-filled barrels, and they all…

At Ironstone Cafe today

The couple pictured was having a quiet lunch in the Ironstone Cafe today and allowed me to take their picture to show you the setting. You could be here! Today was beautiful, and in the 60s, but be sure to…

Trena

Trena Trena. And with that, I’ll stop for now. Hope I didn’t wear you out, but these are a bit early, and it is appealing that someone besides myself be able to enjoy them. It is unlikely they’d be as…