The face in the wood was watching as I took this photo.
January 31, 2015 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 6 Comments
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December 28, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 2 Comments
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December 27, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
Not enough snow for a sleigh ride . . . a horse drawn wagon ride made do.
December 26, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
A broom to sweep away a mess and kindling to start the fire.
December 23, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 2 Comments
Cookies are baked, the tree is trimmed . . . a game of checkers awaits.
December 22, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 4 Comments
We’ll have a barrel of fun!
December 21, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
Bright red apples, handmade ornaments and garland adorned the Christmas tree.
December 20, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
December 19, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 6 Comments
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December 18, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 6 Comments
There is no place like home for the holidays . . .
December 17, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 4 Comments
The General Store was a child’s favorite.
December 16, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 2 Comments
December 15, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 2 Comments
The old buildings were appropriately decorated for the season.
December 14, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
This Santa read Christmas stories to anyone who sat to listen.
December 13, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 4 Comments
He appeared in various traditional garb.
December 12, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
Old World WI opens its gates to celebrate Christmas festivities during the first two weekends of December.
December 11, 2014 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 3 Comments
Take your pick: A,B or C.
July 26, 2011 | Categories: Critters, Old World Wisconsin | 10 Comments
St. Peter’s Church,1839, Milwaukee’s first Catholic Church, was a source of hope and inspiration for a large immigrant population seeking a new life in a new world.
July 25, 2011 | Categories: Architecture, Old World Wisconsin, Scenic | 13 Comments
An unfinished rug awaits completion on the loom in the Finnish Rankinen Farm house.
July 24, 2011 | Categories: Old World Wisconsin | 11 Comments
The Kruza House, built in 1884 by an elderly Polish immigrant couple in Hofa Park in Shawano County, was ”built of stovewood laid in a bed of mortar.”
July 23, 2011 | Categories: Architecture, Old World Wisconsin, Scenic | 10 Comments
This rural Danish home on the Pederson Farm from the Town of Luck, Polk County, 1872, contains a later kitchen addition. It was dedicated by the Queen of Denmark in 1976.
July 22, 2011 | Categories: Architecture, Old World Wisconsin, Scenic | 7 Comments
The construction of the loft doors form perfect Xs on the Kortesmaa Cattle Barn located on the Finnish Ketola Farm which originated in the Town of Oulu, Bayfield County, 1893.
July 21, 2011 | Categories: Alphabet, Architecture, Barns, Old World Wisconsin, Scenic | 13 Comments
This 2,000 lb. ox rested in the hot sun in the pasture of the Schulz Farm. Known as bullocks by our Australian mates, oxen are commonly castrated male cattle that are well suited for agricultural work because they can pull heavy loads. They are heavier, slower, steadier and less excitable than horses.
July 20, 2011 | Categories: Critters, Old World Wisconsin | 14 Comments
A Photo Journey 