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River Road Ramblings: January 2015
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Friday, January 30, 2015. A Two Year Lube, Fluid Check and Battery Exam. The doctor thought my feeling fine was likely early dementia, and if I started feeling better than fine, I should be tested. Recycling me also appeals to my scientific bent. If...
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River Road Ramblings: June 2015
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Sterling Old Settler's Picnic 1960. After dinner was the program. Normally the small portable pump organ from Trade River church was brought to accompany a few songs by some of the local talents. If someone didn’t si...There was a...
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River Road Ramblings: August 2014
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Thursday, August 14, 2014. Tires, Thistles, Tomatoes and Thighs. The rusted area needs to be sanded and primed and then the whole wheel painted before reassembly. Margo had an MRI on her back and found two problems- "a synovial cyst that is causing some.
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River Road Ramblings: April 2015
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. With the maple syruping all done and the equipment stored away and Margo stable, we are switching to our summer activities here on the farm. Bought a dozen new everbearing strawberries at Walmart to add to our Winona Giant spr...
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River Road Ramblings: November 2014
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Cleaning in an upstairs room on the farm, I came across an aerial photo of Uncle Andrew Pederson and his wife, Dad's Aunt. I split it up into parts to look at the details. John Paulson and wife Olena Olson 1879 (wedding? John ...
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River Road Ramblings: 2015 County Fair
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Friday, July 31, 2015. Some photos as we browse the fair in 2015. I asked the photography judge how he decides the blue ribbons for the 1400 entries in various color and black and white classes. Click to hear the judge explain the critieria).
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River Road Ramblings: Milkweed Mayhem
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Saturday, July 4, 2015. We see a few monarchs around, but not many, maybe one or two per day. So, have they taken advantage of our milkweeds? The answer appears to be a complete no! Honey Bee on the milkweed bloom. Swamp milkweeds like lower wetter soil.
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River Road Ramblings: August 2015
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Sunday, August 30, 2015. The doe and her two fawns frequent the orchard and share in the ripening apples. August rains of several inches kept the farm and woods ponds filled. The corn ears are long, the stalks tall, and likely a record yield for October.
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River Road Ramblings: August Views
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Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley. St Croix River Road Ramblings. Welcome to River Road Ramblings. Online Free Local History Books. Books for Sale at Amazon. Comment on the blog. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Had a very busy two weeks with the Polk County fair and taking on the 160 year old historic Red School House on the fair grounds at St Croix Falls, WI. Field corn is in the early milk stage and looks great. Dill heads are seed...
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