Luf is some nodings dot ickles two hearts mit de same somedings

Today when I woke up it was °6 degrees outside.  The winter is getting a little long  now and even  beautiful-fluffy white snowflakes don't break out the camera!  February is a good time of the year to visit antique stores.  Passing an afternoon by looking at old things, allows ones mind to wander to simpler but much harder times.  So this afternoon we set out to finally capture that pink schoolhouse I've read and known about for years, and hit an antique store or two.  As I packed up my camera I thought about a theme for today's photography adventure...pink and red things.  So there I was outside of Owatonna in a warehouse type junk/antique store known for it's corn cob heaters.  Pink and red, pink and red.  Love and hearts and pink and red.  Here is what I came across:

I bought an old thermos for my extra cup at work.  It is red but I didn't photograph it. I hope it keeps liquid hot!


We meandered down I-35 and 1/2 mile west to Hope Minnesota and found this nicely restored school. The town clearly respects this building and built a quaint park around it.

40 miles southwest of Hope is Wells Minnesota.  It was here that we stumbled upon the Wells Depot Museum.  What a joyful little treasure this town keeps!  The depot was filled with town artifacts that were so enjoyable to read and photograph.

 


Keeping on the Valentine's Day theme I captured these:

 The museum had a little valentine display.

You vill nefer yet feel sorry dot you und I togedder met. 

but the highlight was these wonderful artifacts from long ago:

What is tickle-toe dope?

Onward west we traveled to the Pink School House....

 It was late afternoon and the sun was moving lower in the sky, partly overcast and °7 degrees.
It felt like  -°30 outside the car taking these photos. The wind was whipping...and I was thinking about the nasty weather that children walked through to get to school.  brrr!

The highlight of my day was pulling up this information in photoshop.  My new camera has GPS technology! Perfect for schoolhouse hunting.

Evie and Mal

Mark & Mabel Taught 85 Students; 1894

The Pierce County Historical Society went through the trouble of going the extra mile to teach  my curiosity about the recent find of the two story school in Beldenville Wisconsin. There is no reason for me to re-write the pages that were scanned/emailed to Peter F. and then forwarded to me.  But there were some highlights that stand out.  Seems this school could have had a dandy name after all if it had only been build a few months earlier.  No doubt about it:  Thurston Hill.

I will treasure this...and post it here for future reading:

So after reading this I wondering even more.  I guess the book would be worth $20
Question:  what ever happened to the term wiener roast?

A Beautiful Find Near Helmer Printing, Beldenville Wisconsin!

Sunday, January 17 we took a drive over to Ellsworth, WI to buy some good cheddar cheese.  The country roads were clear and the hills and valleys were covered with a small blanket of snow.  On a split decision we decided to drive past one of my favorite one room schools, "Forestville".. so I could take a picture of it in the snow.  I like the Forestville school house a lot and I even have a 1/87 scale custom built model of it on my piano!  Now Forestville school is a little harder to find than we expected.  We headed off of highway 10 onto county road J thinking it was just a up the road a mile or two.  As we were following the county road past a business and then a neighborhood I happened to look to my right when I saw a belfry!  "STOP and turn around please I blurted".  This is an image from my phone.  

I've exhausted my search on the internet looking for a name of this school.  Not even Google or Mrs. Blahoskidog can find it!  I'm hoping to hear back from Helmer Printing across the road.  Stay tuned...
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Friday - January 22
The name of the school is Beldenville School! Thank you Barb Blahoski and Peter Fitzpatrick with help in the search! I heard back from Pierce County Historical Association, Pierce County Wisconsin AND 2 wonderful employees from nearby Helmer Printing; Ted and Jenny. The Historical Association has an entire book highlighting the school with pictures. I may have to buy that one since "Baird" was in the table of contents 5 times.

Just for the record here is Forestville:

And here is my amazing custom built model of Forestville.  

Ms. B's Got Class: Fair Maiden's Rainbow Bright Shimmer Collection

Ms. B's Got Class: Fair Maiden's Rainbow Bright Shimmer Collection: Though I am not new to the nail polish scene or the blogging world,  I am new to nail polish blogging. Since the joy of being a teacher ...