I have been trying to think of something to do on here to keep me writing even on days when I can’t think of a subject. One day as my screensaver kicked in, it came to me, I should pick a number and whatever picture came up, I post it and write something on it.  It might be not much, a word or two, or it might inspire much more.  I won’t know until the picture comes up and I post it.

Today’s number was 5.  I had that number in my head for some unknown reason.  But I asked my son anyhow, for a number. He said 5.  So obviously, 5 it was. I waited for the screensaver to kick in and this picture was number 5.

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This is one of the windows of The Ames Historical Society in Ames, Iowa. You can read all about it on their website Ames Historical Society .

I do love places like this.  I love looking at the history of places, love looking at all of the old things in them, from the items displayed to the pictures.  I try to imagine how life was at that time.  It fascinates me to see these moments in time captured. Do you have a historical society or museum in your town?  Have you ever visited it? Take a day and go explore, go back it time. Imagine.

Now, I didn’t just randomly take a picture of one of the windows of the Ames Historical Society. Even though, it wouldn’t be out of the normal for me to, I had a great reason to take pictures of their windows.  My daughter at the time was a student in the graphic design program of Iowa State.  This window along with the others are HER designs that were picked to be their windows. I can’t tell you how proud I am of her!  If you are ever in Ames, stop by and check out her windows, along with stepping inside to learn a bit about the history of Ames.