Wisconsin
Like the first book we ever read, Wisconsin taught me to read the language of animals, simple at first, then it became the language of a love I couldn’t deny. See Spot Run.
Years
1965-1985
Ginger, 1970. I owe her at least a bushel of oats and apples. She paved the way.
On the banks of Whittlesey Creek, right in front of the giant trout's hiding hole. With brothers Chris and Dan
Mom and I on the beach, Lake Superior, Madeline Island. 1965. 55 years later I would return with my dog.
The farm in Ashland, with grandparents on the banks of the new trout pond. Photo by Aunt Ruth Grambort.
Sandy, Steve and Kari, on Ginger, Tabby, and Midnight, the day we rode from the Leslie's farm on Highway 12 to our home on Hillside Road.
The farmhouse on Cherryville Road, Ashland Wisconsin, town of Barksdale. The tiny windows at the peak of the roof are what the bats used to access their roosts in the walls of the attic bedroom.
Grandpa on the farm with his team, Dick and Diamond, from the days when dad was still a kid living on the farm.
The creek on a late fall day, picture taken 2022 or so from the bridge on Cherryville Road. Just past the bend to the right would have been the walk bridge.
Whittlesey Creek, 2022.
The farm house, side angle.
Grandma on the farm, "Adele," with her last granddaughter, Jessica.
The farm, summer 2024 apx
Summer 2024
Whittlesey, summer 2024
The farm, summer 2024
Circus World Museum, Baraboo WI. I found a lost goat. 1966
Dad and his cat, Maxx. Winter 2022
New friends. Summer 1985
My first horse. Christmas 1964
Joy! Friends like me. Summer 1985. Katie and Mel
Ginger. Our first horse show. 1970
Grandma and Grandpa on the farm. Summer 1974
Grandma and her last granddaughter, Jessica. 1975
Grandpa in town and his hunting dog. 1940-era pic
The Sty, Eau Claire WI summer 2025
Madeline Island backwater. Summer 2022
Mom and Grandma on the farm, Adele. Late summer 1990, a few months before we lost mom.
Mom and I, Sedona AZ. Christmas 1989
Qualifying for the US Arabian Nationals, July 1977, Duluth MN.
School bus driver, fall 1983
Sunny savoring the flavor of his soda, 1979
Sunny having a cold drink, his favorite. Summer 1979
Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay, on the Ore Dock piers, Ashland. Early spring 1986
The lake will always be part of our whole family. 1963 with oldest brother Dave
Fishing on the dock at the trout pond on the Ashland farm with brother Chris. Summer 1974
Mrs. Hippert and her dog. 1963
Whittlesey Creek walk bridge, just steps from the back screen door of the porch. 1990's era pic
Whittlesey creek without the walk bridge. 2022 pic
High School graduation photo, 1978. I had to order more wallet size pics, everyone wanted the horse picture.
Mom and Smoky.
The Ashland, WI barn, before demolition. It was sold to a home builder who took the salvageable timbers and boards and used them in their new home on Madeline Island.
The water cooler where milk cans would sit, waiting for pick up. We would come here to collect the cream from the top of the milk cans, for coffee and cooking and butter.
Driveway entrance to the Rock Falls farm
The riding arena where Sunny displayed his very worst, then his very best skills.
1979/1980
The barn that ignited my dreams
Sunny and his favorite cat, Muffin. 1975 or so