HIDDEN ART GEM UNCOVERED!!! Travels with Tom & Betsy On our way to Chicago for the Frankfort Fall Fest, we uncovered a hidden gem this year...Mineral Point, WI. It was an old mining town that had been pretty near shuttered in the 1950's and 60's.
Swallows, Hummers and the Marking of the Seasons
This summer was unusual here, as it was in many places. Birds came back early, the ice was out late. The early birds had no food because of the cold spring, and then the summer was dead dry. We always get some barn swallows in the shed and this year they
The Final Show
I've gotten a little behind here with fall production and development of a new line of pots for you. The last shows were Frankfort (IL) over Labor Day weekend and our local Hutchinson show 2 weeks later. Frankfort is a blast. It's the first show we
FOREST CITY STOCKADE
THE FOREST CITY STOCKADE Every year for the last 10 or so, we (Betsy and Tom) head for a weekend at the Forest City Stockade. This is a recreation of the 1860's Stockade built near Forest City, MN, during the Sioux uprising of 1862. The Stockade was
4th OF JULY WITH A BANG AND A BUMP
4th OF JULY...The Way it Used To Be! Every 4th of July, friends Bob & Betty Hermann put on a classic traditional 4th Farm picnic. Let it be known, that no one....NO ONE...has ever left here hungry. Not only do you get lunch/dinner, but 4 hours later,
SHOW TIME
Highland Park Art Fest Our second show this year was Highland Park in St Paul. What was a good smaller show in past years has now had the addition of almost as many commercial booths as artist booths. One customer described this as making it feel like
I LOVE A PARADE!
We've had geese on the pond ever since the ponds were put in by Fish & Wildlife as part of the Wildlife Refuge Program, funded by Ducks Unlimited. Normally geese pick out a site as first yearlings, defend it for a year, and then come back the next
THREE WEEKS
Three weeks ago Morgan (Betsy's daughter) took this picture. April 26th. Ten days later, May 6th, The colorful birds, who usually arrive about mid-May started showing up. Cardinal pair at the feeder, (not bare trees behind them) And a bunch of gold
IT’S OFFICIAL
This was the lake this morning....a small remnant of ice on the western shore. Sharp eyes will pick out a robin sitting on the post. On the right is the lake at 2:30 pm.....wide open! Believe it or not, for those of us who live 'up north' this
