Bob received a Gold Award for landscape design from the Wisconsin Landscape Association in 2011 for his design work with Landworks, inc.  As coach, he is planning a winning season for Kendra’s basketball team this year. Zannah became a  leader for the 4-H Photography Project and really enjoyed (and learned a lot) from working with the kids over the course of the season. She was also very pleased to have the opportunity to write several gardening articles for the county newspaper as well as being invited as a guest editorialist in the premier issue of the new ‘Wisconsin Gardening’ magazine. Her winning entry in a local photo contest won her a family portrait sitting, showcased in our Christmas card. (thank you, Perren Photography!).

It was the big 5-0 for Bob this year! We had a very nice gathering of friends, both old and new, out at the cottage. Zannah traveled with her sister, Laila, to their uncle's memorial service in May and was re-united with family members not seen in decades. It was joyful and sad all at the same time. The family took a wonderful vacation to the sand dunes of Lake Michigan in August and it was a great bonding experience with fun had by all.

Bob & Zannah were delighted to have their  Prairiewynd Gardens featured in Milwaukee Home & Fine Living magazine in September.  Zannah had the opportunity to develop a number of websites in 2009 (Bobrowitz Sculpture,  Wisconsin Cage Bird Club, Hartford Music Lessons).  Despite the poor economy Bob achieved his sales goal with Landworks and continues to grow in a positive direction with that company.  Zannah is still an avid photographer and was excited to have one of her daylily photos purchased by a major horticultural supply company for use on their garden labels.  The annual family camping trip was particularly pleasant this year, with Landon & Kendra exploring together with laughter and goodwill. On a sadder note, B & Z lost a dear friend and neighbor suddenly  on October 21st at the age of 50. His death serves as a reminder to savor the moment, enjoy the sunshine, express your true feelings and live each day to the fullest.

2009 Photos
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Z with brother Colin and father Donald	Z with sister Laila & father Donald	Z&B with the kids
Z with Donald & Mary Crowe and Kendra	Zannah	Bob
Z with friend Nancy at Fairy Festival	B&Z with Landon	Bob with Landon & Kendra
Bob	Z with sisters Helen & Laila	Z with sisters Helen & Laila
Z with feathered friend	Z with friend Peter Scharf	Z with Landon & Kendra
Z with friend Mindy Schlimgen	B with Kendra	Anniversary Dinner
B with Kendra	Z with Landon & Kendra	B&Z with Kendra

2008 News...

2008 started out with Zannah traveling to California to spend a relaxing week in the desert sun with Donald & Mary.  In April she presented a program at the Milwaukee Art Museum as past of their inaugural “Art in Bloom” event.  Zannah’s biker cousin visited for Milwaukee’s 105th Harley Fest in August, much to the delight of all. Bob continues to head up the Landscape division of Landworks and has had some wonderful opportunities this past year to work on high profile designs and installations. Zannah still plugs along at Monches Farm and at Fireside Books, earning almost enough to buy the weekly groceries. She has been gratified to have been entrusted with developing a few new websites and enjoys that process immensely. You can view her professional site at www.zcsite.com.

August 3, 2008 Monches Farm Faerie Festival
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2007 News....

In August we traveled to Aspen Colorado for a wedding and had a lovely family vacation there among the magnificent mountains. The Prairiewynd Gardens were on the West Bend Summer Garden Tour again this year and we enjoyed 320 visitors on a single day. We were excited to have the Midwest “scout” for Better Homes & Gardens Magazine come in late summer to shoot photos of the gardens for submission to editors for consideration. Bob continues to enjoy his job as a Landscape architect with Landworks and had his work recognized  by Milwaukee Magazine with two landscape awards this year. Zannah is still with Monches Farm and Fireside Books. She is working on developing her web design skills and was thrilled to have the opportunity to develop a website for a friend’s business this past year (www.lindquistlandscape.com). She’s looking for more experience of this type if anyone out there has been thinking about starting a web presence for their business!

2006 News...

Our family thoroughly enjoyed hosting a Japanese exchange student, fourteen year old Tatsuya, over the summer. Despite a complete spoken language barrier we communicated just fine with this delightful young man.  Our Prairiewynd Gardens were included in the Daylily Society Garden Tour in July and it was a pleasure to meet other avid gardeners through that venue. Bob contributed to an article in Milwaukee Home Magazine about created “outdoor rooms” and has been busy coaching his kids sports teams and landscaping prominent Milwaukee addresses. He continues to enjoy his work with Landworks. Zannah tried her hand at coaching with Landon’s “Mind Challengers”  academic school team and had a great time. She was a speaker at the fall Garden Trends Symposium at the Milwaukee Botanic Gardens and was pleased to have a feature article published in the summer issue of Wisconsin Country Life Magazine. She is still working with the local independent bookstore several days a week in addition to her work with Monches Farm. Zannah's latest venture has been learning website design and she is now “webmaster” of four websites : www.monchesfarm.com (one of her employers), www.dssew.org (Daylily Society of Southeastern Wisconsin), www.lindquistlandscape.com (a friend's landscape business) and www.prairiewynd.com (our personal site).