Monday, June 18, 2018

Old World Wisconsin


smelling lemon grass at the Norwegian farm

talking to the farmers

admiring the baby pigs


Norwegian style barns
carding wool




Catholic Church in the pioneer town


building a wheel the old way
scrubbing laundry at the Irish home



inside the store

bulk dried foods

beans

flour

rice

lentils


spinning tops





Old World Wisconsin


riding the tram


threshing wheat at the German farm


putting on farm shoes


helping with chores...sweeping the porch

collecting eggs

path sweeping

grinding flour

planing wood





drilling holes

did he make it through?

a friendly gopher

trying on clothes


trying out the straw tick mattress and kids toys

visiting with Sam the work horse

learning to sew with a treadle machine



grinding coffee by hand

the Norwegian school house

playing a game with the other kids

Theo loved the horses









Old World Wisconsin

While camping at Big Foot Beach, we took two days to explore Old World Wisconsin.
It was amazing in so many ways.














An early 1800s German home

explaining about a "black kitchen"

she humorously called this her microwave

explaining flax