The Progeny
Stuff with the Rellies
The cold rainy weather and lack of Internet have presented some frustrations, but good times still abound when relatives are about.
Stan brought his chainsaw since we had a few stump and tree cutting projects. The one tree might have waited a few more years, but it was going to come down sooner or later.
Called "Greenwood" by the kids, it is actually a Sunburst Locust that lost a major section during an ice storm two years ago. The tree grows so fast that it is a hazard with it's weak limbs. So despite being a favorite climbing tree for the kids, it did come down.
That, and our visit to the Matchstick Museum can be found in the following Picasa album:
As you can see from the photos, Nora is hard at work on some sewing projects for me. She whipped off a table runner in no time flat, then happily agreed to do curtains, and even went the extra step of lining them :-) (some people like this kind of work but it makes me nervous and irritable!)
Stan's been getting in some good birdwatching and picture taking time, though I could wish for better weather for those activities.
Tomorrow their family heads up to Minnesota to visit Uncle Bob, and I suppose the Iowa Hoyts have to get back to normal life...
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Stan brought his chainsaw since we had a few stump and tree cutting projects. The one tree might have waited a few more years, but it was going to come down sooner or later.
Called "Greenwood" by the kids, it is actually a Sunburst Locust that lost a major section during an ice storm two years ago. The tree grows so fast that it is a hazard with it's weak limbs. So despite being a favorite climbing tree for the kids, it did come down.
That, and our visit to the Matchstick Museum can be found in the following Picasa album:
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As you can see from the photos, Nora is hard at work on some sewing projects for me. She whipped off a table runner in no time flat, then happily agreed to do curtains, and even went the extra step of lining them :-) (some people like this kind of work but it makes me nervous and irritable!)
Stan's been getting in some good birdwatching and picture taking time, though I could wish for better weather for those activities.
Tomorrow their family heads up to Minnesota to visit Uncle Bob, and I suppose the Iowa Hoyts have to get back to normal life...
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posted by Ma Hoyt | 10:48 AM
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That's one serious-looking camera. Looks like Stan wields a camera as well as his chainsaw.
Which reminds me...a couple of weekends ago we visited The Dells on the Wisconsin River, an hour or so north of Madison. I visited the H.H. Bennett Museum. Bennett is the photographer that captured so many of the well-known photos along the river (most dating from the 1870s). Stan's camera would look like a miniature next to all the paraphernalia Bennett had to cart around. He took most of his most important pictures as stereoscopic views which have recently been converted to 3-D views on computer (seen at the musuem). They had to write a special program to convert them. They also had stereopticans (is that the right word?) so you could view the originals.
The Dells (Wisconsin Dells is the town, The Dells is the area) is known for its crass commercialism and its natural beauty. It is also the location of Lake Delton--the one that drained last year when the dam broke. (It has been repaired and the level is almost back to normal again--probably all the way back after all the rain from the last couple of days.) The museum is one of the good places to visit--if you are ever in the neighborhood.
On the "crass commercialism-side, The Dells is known as the Waterpark Capital of the World--waterparks there are like gas stations used to be eveywhere else--on every corner, except these cover acres and acres of land.
We (Ron and I) used to go when we were young and carefree and there were only two parks to choose from. Much better selection now :-D And technology has improved them so that they are a year-round business with waterpark hotels abounding.
Sorry, this got way longer than I intended. The matchstick museum looks like fun.
Terry, Loren and I went to the edge of the Dells area once to pick up a car he'd bought off Ebay. Looks pretty and I suppose we should get back there with the kids, someday.
The matchstick museum was rather small, but that's partly due to the artist having sold 15 of his creations to Ripley's Believe It Or Not museums.
The Dells has a Ripley's...maybe you could visit his pieces there :-)
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