Blog
Revised 1/11/22
Thinking about visiting -ISH, but it seems so out of the way? We would like to suggest some other places to visit while you are in our area. These are some of our favorite local places:
Historical interest-
Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mounds in Fairbanks
Sullivan County Historical Society
Johnson Cemetery (Jane Todd Crawford burial site)
Monroe Melon Market
Art-
S. D. Meadows Folk Art Gallery
Wine-
Food-
Alyssa’s Custom Cakes and Treats
Shopping-
Happy wandering!
We have all heard the saying “if these walls could talk.” It’s fun to imagine the things that might have happened in a house or business. April and I do this as well, but not only with walls. I think that is why we caught the antique and vintage “bug.”
April loves fabrics, especially the handmade or embroidered pieces. Names, initials, pictures, often made out of necessity. A mended feed sack or patch on a linen tractor umbrella tell the story of a farmer’s wife. She was not only saving the family finances, but also fixing something that was just the “correct” thing to do.
I tend to gravitate to the patched enamelware pot, welded tool, or bolted harness. Oh, the stories the things could tell! I will often see something at a sale and admire the lengths that someone went to in order to save it. Why? Was it sentimental, so specialized that it was irreplaceable, or just a story of economics?
Maybe that is why I am currently working on the Franken chairs. (see last week's post) I wonder who rocked this broken rocker or who ate dinner in that broken ladder back chair? Who made them, how many were made, and where were they made. I can't help myself.
Tony
