Vintage Treasures and Wisconsin Barns

This Old House

Note: I just saw Debby's comment and thought I should add that this photo is exactly as it came off the camera. I did nothing to it except crop it and add the watermark. The same is true of the others.

(See Hodgepodge answers following the photos.)

Although weathered and abandoned today, this old house looks like it might have been quite a nice home in its day.

As I was going through my photo files and adding the following photos to this post, I first thought that I must have saved them in black and white, as I'd recently done with some other photos. But no. This is just how they came off the camera on that gray day. All of the photos were taken at the same farm southeast of Chetek, WI on a frosty January morning.

Look at those sharp, frosty fingers!

A shed on the same property

Somehow, I always see old buildings like this as vintage treasures. I like to imagine them in their younger years, but now they hold a certain charm that wouldn't have been possible then. Wouldn't it be nice to think that this applies to us as we age too. I'm not holding my breath.

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And this barn just happens to be my favorite Wisconsin barn because it's the one across the road from our place.

I decided to make it black and white so that it looked a bit more like the others.

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And now a bit of Hodgepodge.

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1.  Speaking of skating...when did you last 'skate on thin ice', 'skate over the details', 'encounter a cheapskate', or just plain skate?


It's been a while since I've skated, and I tend not to skate over the details or skate on thin ice.


2. What would you say is the biggest problem of people your age?

Being considered irrelevant.

3. What's your favorite accessory? Is it something you wear every day, often, or only on special occasions?

My German Shepherd dog pin, which I recently lost when it fell off my coat. :-(

4. January 20th is National Cheese Lover's Day. Are you a lover of cheese? What's your favorite dish made with cheese? Last thing you ate that contained some kind of cheese?

I live in Wisconsin. That should be enough to answer the first question. My favorite dish made with cheese is my chicken penne pasta casserole with cheddar and mozzarella.

5. What's something guaranteed to make you roll your eyes?

Hearing the brash, irritating voice of the most recent endorsement of Donald Trump.

6. Your favorite book series?

Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter mysteries. There are others, and more recently N.T. Wright's '...For Everyone' series, which I'm using in my daily Bible reading.

7. Why did you choose your profession?

Homeschooling my children, writing a phonics curriculum, writing a book for children on dog care and training, or starting a soapmaking business?

8. Insert your own random thought here.

A bright spot in our sunny but brutally cold January days, the Burpee seed catalog arrived and has such wonderful photos of all the perfect fruit and vegetables one could ever hope for.

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