Wisconsin, Wisconsin to buy a fat kettle!

Dad and I took an overnight road trip to Wisconsin earlier this week to visit a used dairy equipment company in Pulaski, Wisconsin near Green Bay

we drove across the Mackinaw Bridge, which always thrills me - I love that bridge

this is a photo of a picture on the wall at Ullmer's showing an aerial view of the property - acres of dairy tanks, stainless steel, vats and equipment - a lot of it was enormous

Dad standing beside some milk tanks - they looked like space capsules

my new second-hand kettle - a 200 gallon Jamesway

we stopped to eat at a Big Boy in the upper peninsula that had a painted moose 

also ate at the Swedish Pantry in Escanaba, MI

the Swedish Pantry has tons of nick-nacks, clocks and crap all over the place - it is both cute and super insane and tacky - I had excellent potato pancakes

we stayed at the Bay Motel, a little old school place that had a great restaurant attached

old friends will not be forgotten!

we'll take a cup 'o kindness yet

for auld lang syne!

tally me banana

Bananas are ripe and at their best when they're just like this - I found these two piles of organic bananas on the going-bad rack at the super market for $1.90 - perfect!  Peeled, frozen bananas are a must for any smoothie - they taste and act like ice cream and are so good for you!

from Abe to Charles

About a year ago, the peeling finish in my bathtub bore a resemblance to Abraham Lincoln (original post here).  Many showers and another year of use later, it's beginning to look like Charles Manson

 

one up top, one below

double deckin'

consignment jackpot

seasonal red St. John knits jacket with great detailing and buttons

little kelly green vintage cardi with a tag that reads KINGSLEY - this was meant to be mine

who would ever get rid of a delicate pale blue knit sweater with gold lightning bolts?

and the score of the day: Brand new Frye harness boots, in my size.  New, these retail for $320.  

My price: $25

Little Falls love

John & Mary, my teachers who make cheese on the farm where I apprenticed in Maine sent me a Christmas box containing a piece of their wonderful organic aged goat's milk cheese, and a pile of vintage post cards from Maine, England and Spain