Drippies are back!
July 3, 2006 (12:11pm)
67º F, Rain, S wind 3 mph.
Good afternoon,
We have had a couple of really hot days. Saturday it got up to 84º F and yesterday up to 86º F. Wonder how high it will go today. The mornings are mostly kind of nice as long as there is a breeze, but this morning the wind speed was 1 mph officially. Less than that here. Seemed the only breeze comes from the mosquitoes flying past my ear and not stopping.
We did get some rain on Saturday, all 5 drops of it. The serious storms went north and south of us. There was hail 3¼" diameter fell in Oconto Falls (northwest of us) and 3" diameter in Manitowoc (south of us) on Saturday. There also were a couple of tornado sightings southwest of Appleton/Oshkosh area, blowing down a barn, but not much other damage. The rain, real rain not drops, started to fall here a couple of minutes ago. The temperature dropped about 15º F in about as many minutes. Hopefully the humidity will also be washed out of the air. Feels rather nice out at the moment, even if it is raining.
Margriet decided it would be a good day to do the washing, since the weatherman said the rain would not be here until about 4:00 P.M.! He might have been off a bit. We made the mad scramble to get stuff off of the line and all of my tools, &c. in. I also found a ripe wild strawberry to pick for my Woman on the way in too. Isn’t that nice of me? Our part-time neighbor started to re-roof their garage/shed yesterday. Don’t hear any hammers at the moment. Imagine he is happy too. We really do need the rain at the moment, since we really have not had any for the past few days. If it gets out of the system today, maybe we can have a few days of nice weather again. Do hope it stays at 70º F or lower though.
Of all the homes displayed at Old World Wisconsin, this is probably my favorite. Not because of it’s splendor, but more to do with the story behind it. It was transported from Bayfield County, a few miles from deer camp. It is Norwegian emigrant’s first homestead. He and his wife came to this country (I think in the 1880's) with his wife and three daughters. Shortly after the house was built, his wife died leaving him with the girls to raise alone, which he did. The land was cut-over timberland, taking him about two years to clear the stumps from his first two acre field! During this time, and a long time afterwards, it was strictly a subsistence lifestyle. Very little if any income at first. They lived from the woods and pigs, which they raised in the woods. The pen is to the left in the photo, used only apparently during the winter. The rest of the year they rooted in the woods for their food and rounded up in the fall for butchering of some.
Inside of the house is rather sparse. A bed for Dad and the girls slept in loft. The small pen at the foot of the bed is to keep the newborn pigs warm and dry when they are born in the winter months. Nice! The hides on the wall represent the only income, other than selling pigs occasionally, the family had. That was not much money either. The small "boxwood" stove (as we call it now days) was the only heat and cooking for the family, other than the outdoor fire and caldron outside the door. I doubt if the flooring was from milled wood or the walls whitewashed. They didn’t have the time or money for such frills then.
Like all of the buildings in the museum, this one was very stoutly built. This one had a high level of craftsmanship in the building of it also. I don’t think they had many tools other than an ax to do most of the building. Might have had a drawknife and hammer too. Anything metal, except a few nails, was in cooking utensils and like that. The Scandinavians were very resourceful and master wood workers - probably from necessity.
For the rest of the day and tomorrow, we ain’t going nowhere! We were surprised by the lack of traffic on the road to and from church. Even seemed like less than a normal Sunday too. One of the TV stations did a survey of some of the northeast Wisconsin resorts and campgrounds the other day. They found that 75-90% of the folks visiting them were within 30 miles from home. The tourist industry is really worried about the rest of the summer. They had hoped folks would drive her an stay for a week or two, rather than the custom of taking a road trip. They are not too sure that will happen now. There are some folks here doing that, but the number of boats in the harbor slips is still less than normal. Come to think of it, there are not too many Minnesota boats around this year. Usually there are more than I would think during a normal year. Church was not that filled either.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
67º F, Rain, S wind 3 mph.
Good afternoon,
We have had a couple of really hot days. Saturday it got up to 84º F and yesterday up to 86º F. Wonder how high it will go today. The mornings are mostly kind of nice as long as there is a breeze, but this morning the wind speed was 1 mph officially. Less than that here. Seemed the only breeze comes from the mosquitoes flying past my ear and not stopping.
We did get some rain on Saturday, all 5 drops of it. The serious storms went north and south of us. There was hail 3¼" diameter fell in Oconto Falls (northwest of us) and 3" diameter in Manitowoc (south of us) on Saturday. There also were a couple of tornado sightings southwest of Appleton/Oshkosh area, blowing down a barn, but not much other damage. The rain, real rain not drops, started to fall here a couple of minutes ago. The temperature dropped about 15º F in about as many minutes. Hopefully the humidity will also be washed out of the air. Feels rather nice out at the moment, even if it is raining.
Margriet decided it would be a good day to do the washing, since the weatherman said the rain would not be here until about 4:00 P.M.! He might have been off a bit. We made the mad scramble to get stuff off of the line and all of my tools, &c. in. I also found a ripe wild strawberry to pick for my Woman on the way in too. Isn’t that nice of me? Our part-time neighbor started to re-roof their garage/shed yesterday. Don’t hear any hammers at the moment. Imagine he is happy too. We really do need the rain at the moment, since we really have not had any for the past few days. If it gets out of the system today, maybe we can have a few days of nice weather again. Do hope it stays at 70º F or lower though.
Of all the homes displayed at Old World Wisconsin, this is probably my favorite. Not because of it’s splendor, but more to do with the story behind it. It was transported from Bayfield County, a few miles from deer camp. It is Norwegian emigrant’s first homestead. He and his wife came to this country (I think in the 1880's) with his wife and three daughters. Shortly after the house was built, his wife died leaving him with the girls to raise alone, which he did. The land was cut-over timberland, taking him about two years to clear the stumps from his first two acre field! During this time, and a long time afterwards, it was strictly a subsistence lifestyle. Very little if any income at first. They lived from the woods and pigs, which they raised in the woods. The pen is to the left in the photo, used only apparently during the winter. The rest of the year they rooted in the woods for their food and rounded up in the fall for butchering of some.
Inside of the house is rather sparse. A bed for Dad and the girls slept in loft. The small pen at the foot of the bed is to keep the newborn pigs warm and dry when they are born in the winter months. Nice! The hides on the wall represent the only income, other than selling pigs occasionally, the family had. That was not much money either. The small "boxwood" stove (as we call it now days) was the only heat and cooking for the family, other than the outdoor fire and caldron outside the door. I doubt if the flooring was from milled wood or the walls whitewashed. They didn’t have the time or money for such frills then.Like all of the buildings in the museum, this one was very stoutly built. This one had a high level of craftsmanship in the building of it also. I don’t think they had many tools other than an ax to do most of the building. Might have had a drawknife and hammer too. Anything metal, except a few nails, was in cooking utensils and like that. The Scandinavians were very resourceful and master wood workers - probably from necessity.
For the rest of the day and tomorrow, we ain’t going nowhere! We were surprised by the lack of traffic on the road to and from church. Even seemed like less than a normal Sunday too. One of the TV stations did a survey of some of the northeast Wisconsin resorts and campgrounds the other day. They found that 75-90% of the folks visiting them were within 30 miles from home. The tourist industry is really worried about the rest of the summer. They had hoped folks would drive her an stay for a week or two, rather than the custom of taking a road trip. They are not too sure that will happen now. There are some folks here doing that, but the number of boats in the harbor slips is still less than normal. Come to think of it, there are not too many Minnesota boats around this year. Usually there are more than I would think during a normal year. Church was not that filled either.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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