The madridiowaweather.com 2017 Weather & Night Sky Calendar is here!

Over the past few years my love for photography has grown. Not only do I love taking photos of weather and landscapes across Iowa and the Great Plains but I've also developed a passion for night sky photography. Especially Milky Way and star trails. I've decided to take my love of photography and use it to create a beautiful calendar for 2017. Its a combination of some of my favorite weather and night sky scenes over the past couple of years that I've captured. It was an extremely difficult decision narrowing down thousands of photos to just enough for a calendar. I hope you'll consider purchasing one of my calendars for 2017. Here's a preview of the photos that will be shown in the calendar.

Ordering Information & Costs

The calendar costs $22 and are availabe directly from me as well as the Art House on State in downtown Madrid. The Art House on State is open during the weekends. 10 to 4 on Saturday and 12 to 4 on Sunday. They are located on 221 South State St. Madrid, IA. For additional inforamtion about the Art House please visit their web site at arthouseonstate.com.

If a calendar is ordered directly from me and must be mailed then a $3 mailing fee will be added bringing the total cost of the calendar with shipping to $25.

How do you order a calendar? Its very simple. Simply send me an email to madridwx@gmail.com and let me know the number of calendars you want as well as your address so the calendar can be shipped to you. As for payment you have 2 options here. First, if you're a PayPay user, login to your PayPal account and transfer $25 (this includes shipping) to my PayPal ID which is madridwx@gmail.com. Once payment is received I'll ship the calendar to you vis US Mail. If you are not a PayPal user then mail me a check in the amouont of $25 (this includes shipping) to my home address of 606 S Green St. Madrid, IA 50156. Make checks out to Willard Sharp. Once the check is received I'll ship the calendar to you vis US Mail. I'm doing things kind of the old fashioned way this year in regards to the ordering process. If I have success selling many calendars then next year I will setup a store that is tied to my web site to make the process easier.

What will the profits from the calendars go towards?

Profits from sales of this calendar go to support my web sites madridiowaweather.com and intothemeso.com my storm chase blog site, as well as several projects and initiatives I'm working on. Maintaining a weather station and web site does incur costs. The calendar project will help pay for things such as internet domain name maintenance, computer hardware maintenance and upgrades, and expanding the capabilities of my personal weather station to better serve the community. Funds from this project will also support outreach and educational opportunities intothemeso.com will be focusing on over the next year. Intothemeso.com is not only a storm chasing blog site, but we are Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors who work diligently to educate the community on severe weather and weather safety.

I thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy the beautiful photos in the 2017 calendar. I've had a blast taking weather and night time sky photos all around Iowa and the Great Plains over the past couple of years. I look forward to finding many more beautiful skies, landscapes, and night time skies in the upcoming months.