Saturday March 6, 2010

 

 

Minnesota Photos

…other than those that were wedding-related

Arrival Day, Thursday, February 19

 

 

It was wonderful to see north central Minnesota in late winter where ice fishing shanties are popular on many lakes.

 

 

Our first stop, while traveling to Bob and Doris’ house, was this store where Cerwin purchased a nonresident fishing license. (He and our brother-in-law Bob are going ice fishing early Monday morning – after the wedding.) This store is their local gas station and post office, and the only building on this side of the town.

 

 

The east coast (where we live) rarely has a town with so few buildings or residents. I only needed two photos to capture the buildings across the street.

 

 

That’s it – the whole town.

 

 

This is next to the store. Do any of you know what this Indian word means?

 

 

After Cerwin finished his purchase, we drove a few more miles to the residence (next door to Bob and Doris) where Cerwin and I took our suitcases to the room where we would sleep for the next four nights. Before leaving, we discovered that the owner of the house (Dawson) was in his exterior garage preparing to “throw” a vase.

 

 

This amazes me – the ability to design beautiful pottery.

 

 

Because Dawson is in the construction business, and work is almost nonexistent in winter, he is in the early stages of starting a pottery business.

 

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Tonight’s entry: Throwing a Pottery Vase

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