Introduction Many years ago, my grandmother exchanged recipes with her neighbors in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Many have the name of the housewife who shared her treasured recipe, and a few were from her own mother (that is, my great-grandmother).
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As many people know the recalls of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch are officially underway. These, combined with the wins in Ohio, will set an example across the country of what the people will and will not tolerate.
Think small this holiday shopping season. Pledge to shop SMALL.
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Just scrounging up a couple fall color photos. One you have seen before but might bear repeating; that one is the Wehr Nature Center in suburban Milwaukee, WI.
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A scandal is in the making with Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the "person of interest." It seems that when he appoints people to new jobs, the job suddenly pays a lot more than it did before. That is just one of the murky goings-on starting to swirl around him.
Just an ordinary day in the cemetery, folks, nothing going on here. But gotta look twice at this picture. Is it Stonehenge-like or not? Let me know what you think. Not even sure exactly which Milwaukee cemetery this was taken at, it was so long ago.
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Hi, I was going to post these pictures of a goose family last week and I just plumb forgot. So this week I really had to post them. Taken in a city park, these geese are ALMOST fearless. Actually they think they own the whole place.
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(Translation into Danish is below the English version.) In my continuing series on the family genealogy, I take a moment to commemorate the lost 'twig' of the Danish branch of the family. My Danish grandmother lost a brother in 1915.
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This is the third installment of the family history story. The focus is mainly on the Fish family since there is so much more research done on that branch of the family tree.
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I can't help but take pictures of flowers. All kinds. These happen to be tropical blooms but I take picture of regular backyard blossoms, too. The bird-of-paradise (orange) flower was taken at the Boerner Botanical gardens (popularly known as the Domes) in Milwaukee WI.
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