Clasen's Bakery

A true European Bakery only a 15 minute walk from our apartment.  The gingerbread decorated houses are always gorgeous!!

O's 4th Birthday

 Note the spiderman watch that his friend gave O for his birthday.  He loved it!!

 

 Great Aunt and Grandpa

 E's new hairdo... braided last night!!!  Quite stylish!!!

PS... hard to forget Mr. O's rocky beginning.  Birthdays give me reason to pause and reflect on 

how blessed my life is. 

Walking in Middleton WI

 Snow lasted about 4 days, but is all gone now.  This is the route I walk to get to the closest grocery store - Willy Street Co-op

Hiking in Cross Plains, WI

 Now I understand why this is called a "milkweed" pod.  It was beautiful!!

A WI trapper's home

 My friend's husband left this skinned racoon on their driveway.  She had a fit that he hadn't put it somewhere more discreet.

 When we walked thru the garage there were two muskrats on the floor.

 The two photos above are muskrat furs drying.  My friend's husband is as real a trapper as Daniel Boone!! 

This is a wooden plaque on my friend's kitchen wall.  Each of the metal tags represents a yearly tag for trappers.  This plague shows tags for 50 years worth of trapping.  My frind said these tags are quite valuable and it is very unusual to see a collection of 50 years worth of trapping tags.

My new scarf