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Tracy Byrd, Keeper Of The Stars

Hi, my name is Jim and along with my lovely wife Becky, we would like to thank you for stopping by.  We hope you'll find our Home Page both informative and interesting. 

Please allow time for the pages to load for they include many photographs we have taken.

We have included many links for you to visit listed in the menu to the left.  These include some pictures of our home, our hobbies, pets and animals, the river, and of course our grandchildren. 

There is also a link to some of our friends in the area who have businesses of their own.  Check them out, they might have something you're interested in. 

I have a shop in our garage where I do all types of welding and some metal fabricating.  We also do stained glass (new or repairing) along with Rock Painting, Etching stone & glass. These along with some of our other hobbies you might find interesting. 

After searching for a home on the Mississippi River, for about 10 years, in April of '87' I found what was going to be our dream home on the River. Like a lot of river property, ours needed a lot, I mean A LOT, of work both on the house and the land.  After years of work, and building on three times, we have it just about the way we want it.  But you know you are never really done working on your home, for me its the garage, for Becky its flowers, gardening, and landscaping. We both really enjoy living here and would not trade it for anything. 

Our home is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, just upstream from the small river town of Le Claire Iowa.  To find out more about this historical river town, go to Le Claire's Home Page.