Anita Braden Photo Gallery
Anita Braden has lived in Columbus
Junction since 2007. She and her husband - Pastor James
Braden live in the Hope Bible Church parsonage located on Hwy 92
near the Swinging Bridge. She loves to garden and grow
flowers and herbs. Anita and Jim have traveled extensively
and visited all the lower 48 states. They have lived in
nine state, plus Iowa. She prefers the rural areas and
loves the wide open spaces of the farmlands. Walks around
the Junction, local nature trails and visits to Louisa County
parks keep Anita and Jim active. She has won ribbons at
the Louisa County Fair and has photos appearing in the Columbus
Gazette. Anita likes to take photos from a variety of
angles and use different lighting techniques. She uses a
Pentax 7.1 MP digital camera and takes hundred of photos, with
the philosophy of take 100 and keep 10! Anita loves
people, laughs often and hard, and enjoys cooking, reading,
playing Sudoku and other games with family and friends.
Click on the individual photos to see a larger image.
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Rural Lousia County out on 165th Street.
An early morning fog highlights the beginning of a Fall day. |
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View from Hwy 92 between Columbus Junction and Grandview.
Yellow cone flowers highlight natural areas and highway views. |
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Grasses near Columbus Junction Fair Grounds.
Beauty can be found close to home, if you take the time to look. |
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Foxtail with drooping seed heads.
Grasses are abundant in Chinkapin Bluffs Recreation Area. |
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Seed heads burst open and are ready to dispearse.
The wind helps carry seeds with ready made parachutes. |
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Chinkapin Bluffs Recreation Area offers great walking trails.
A favorite place to walk and enjoy nature. |
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Evening sunlight through the trees.
The lower trail from the Fairgrounds to Chinckapin Bluffs Recreation Area offers many spectacular sites. |
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Ice crystals form interesting patterns on glass.
A frosty window pane shows us winter's beauty. |
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The swinging bridge in winter.
A swinging bridge spans one of Columbus Junctions many tree lined ravines. |
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Winter along Columbus Junction stream.
Trees without leaves and snow on the ground signals that winter is setting in. |
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Sunshine on moving water.
A stream needs a riffle and moving water during the winter time to replenish oxygen. |
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Suspended ice.
Check out the sheet of ice held up by the trees after flooding froze and then receded. |
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Winter time tree chandeliers.
Ice storms produce spectacular displays and lots of broken branches. Natures pruning tool. |
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Blad eagle's gathering.
The confluence of the Iowa and Cedar Rivers between Columbus Junction and Fredonia is a good spot for bald eagles to scanvange for dead fish. |
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The face of winter.
Even trees have an attitude about winter. |
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