Milkenssen baby due dates and more

Alisa visited Walnut Creek the week-end of February 16, 2013.

These times, exciting and life-changing (especially for Kristin and Danny) Check Tennessen/Maris family e-mails for family input about when Kris and Danny's baby will be born. (Due date was one-day past - February  19). What sex will this baby enter the world as?  Name? Our family is never at a loss for opinions and suggestions.

Spaghetti sauce in Chicago

Lou and I cooperated with Peter and Taylor this Labor Day week-end. On Friday, August 31, I picked two bushels of Roma tomatoes at Witte's Farm in Cedarburg which we took to Chicago on Sunday. By the end of the day, today, September 3, we had processes 45+ quarts of spaghetti sauce.

Celebrating completion of the spaghetti sauce canning project

Celebrating Taylor's birthday in Chicago

Used bike - new tires

Lou and I spent Thursday, August 30 at Peter and Taylor's new apartment in Chicago. Taylor wanted a new/used bike. She, Lou, and I stopped at a used bike shop and found this Schwinn.

Week-end of August 17 - 19

Fresh peach pie

We had a great time celebrating Den and Marilyn's anniversary and Marilyn's birthday at the farm. Some photos are uploaded here. In place of a birthday cake, we had fresh peach pie. As you may know, Kathy Tennessen's name was pulled at the Phillips Triathalon in July 2011. She won $100 of Park Falls Chamber of Commerce Bucks. Norb sent the bucks to us at the farm in July. Even though the Chamber Bucks had expired, the Park Falls South Side True Value Hardware honored them and Lou suggested we get a new grill for the farm because the one we've been using was our old one from Shorewood; the wheels were falling off among other problems. So, on a rainy day, Lou and I drove to Park Falls, Chamber Bucks in hand. The farm now has a new Weber grill!

Pauline visited for the week-end. She spent Friday and Saturday evenings with her Phillips High School Classmates - her 60th class reunion. On Sunday, Pauline and I met Joanie Bruner and went to Mass in Prentice and from there, we all had brunch at Hill of Beans on Timms Hill.

Pauline and I drove back to Milwaukee on Tuesday, August 21 to get Pauline back to Oconomowoc in time to get organized for her trip with Dee and Joanie to the Paraolympics in London. They leave today, Sunday, August 26 from Baltimore.

Pauline and I harvested some garden treasures before we left on Tuesday.

Corn and Garden

Winter Heat

July 2012

Our recent trips to the farm have been both productive and relaxing.  The potatoes were hilled a couple of weeks ago and they look great.  The product Norb used on the potatoes seems to have eliminated most of the bugs.  To make sure they contiue to be kept under control I applied an organic approved spray on Sunday July 22nd.  The garden looks as good as it ever has.  Marilyn spent a lot of time weeding and I roto tilled most of the places I could get to.  The normal up keep of the place continues.  The barn roof needs to be replaced, jeep still does not run right, the chain saw needs repairing, a sprocket on one side of the lawn sweeper is broken, the house could use some paint, and on and on.  Mariann and Lou have been up there a lot and Lou is keeping the lawns mowed.  It's a great time to be up there as the beans, peas, and cukes are grown nicely.  The field corn must be 10 feet high and looking great.  I would guess it will be harvested by September 15th when the 14th annual Barn Again party will take place.